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updatedAt: 2026-06-04T19:58:43.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.wristband.dev/llms.txt
---

# Unassign Permissions from Role

Unassigns the specified permissions from the role.  If the specified permissions don't exist or aren't assigned to the role, they will be ignored.

### Required Permissions

Below is the list of required permissions needed to interact with this API.  For each permission, the allowed permission boundaries are also specified.

| Permission                        | Boundary              | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **permission:manage-assignments** | Application           | The subject can perform this request if the role specified in the URL path is associated with the subject's application.                                                              |
|                                   | Tenant                | The subject can perform this request if the subject's associated tenant owns the role specified in the URL path.                                                                      |
|                                   | Tenant Inclusion List | The subject can perform this request if the role specified in the URL path is owned by a tenant included in the tenant inclusion list.                                                |
|                                   | Tenant Exclusion List | The subject can perform this request if the role specified in the URL path belongs to the subject's associated application and is owned by a tenant not on the tenant exclusion list. |

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Resource Management APIs",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Resource Management APIs",
    "license": {
      "name": "Private",
      "url": "https://wristband.dev/terms/"
    },
    "termsOfService": "https://wristband.dev/terms/",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Wristband Support",
      "email": "support@wristband.dev",
      "url": "https://wristband.dev/contact/"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{application_vanity_domain}",
      "description": "Wristband application scoped URL.",
      "variables": {
        "application_vanity_domain": {
          "default": "yourapp-yourorg.us.wristband.dev",
          "description": "Wristband vanity domain scoped to a specific application."
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Permissions",
      "description": "Permissions",
      "x-displayName": "Permissions"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/roles/{roleId}/unassign-permissions": {
      "parameters": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Resource_Management_APIs_RoleId"
        }
      ],
      "post": {
        "summary": "Unassign Permissions from Role",
        "operationId": "unassignPermissionsFromRoleV1",
        "tags": [
          "Permissions"
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "description": "Permission Unassignment Request",
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionUnassignmentRequest"
              },
              "examples": {
                "Example 1": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/examples/Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionUnassignmentRequest"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "204": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_204"
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_400-with-message-body"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_401"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_403"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_404-role-not-found"
          },
          "405": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_405"
          },
          "406": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_406"
          },
          "409": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_409-modification-conflict"
          },
          "415": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_415"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_500"
          },
          "503": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_503"
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "Resource_Management_APIs_BearerAuth": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_RoleId": {
        "name": "roleId",
        "description": "The Id of the role",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "jayovsssgbgbpk47ihblujcm2e",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 26
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_api-error": {
        "title": "ApiError",
        "type": "object",
        "description": "API error object",
        "x-examples": {
          "Example 1": {
            "code": "invalid_request",
            "message": "The request was invalid",
            "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
          }
        },
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "base_error",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "The type of the API error.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "invalid_request",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "A code identifying the error that occurred.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "The request was invalid",
            "description": "A free text message describing the error.  This error message is only meant to help developers understand the cause of the error.  It should not be used for programmatic purposes.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "ticket": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
            "description": "Ticket that can help correlate the error to the backend",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "details": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "A map of details about the error. The keys are defined by the API.",
            "additionalProperties": {},
            "example": {
              "attemptsRemaining": 4
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "type",
          "code"
        ]
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_constraint-violations-api-error": {
        "title": "ConstraintViolationsApiError",
        "description": "An API error that occurred due to a constraint violation",
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "readOnly": true,
            "required": [
              "violations"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "violations": {
                "type": "object",
                "readOnly": true,
                "required": [
                  "code"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "code": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "A code identifying the constraint violation.",
                    "minLength": 1,
                    "example": "too_long"
                  },
                  "constraintAttributes": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "description": "A map of constraint attribute values.",
                    "additionalProperties": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "example": {
                      "maxLength": "10"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "x-examples": {
          "Example 1": {
            "type": "constraint_violations_error",
            "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
            "message": "The request contained invalid fields",
            "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
            "violations": {
              "field1": {
                "code": "too_long",
                "constraintAttributes": {
                  "maxLength": "10"
                }
              },
              "field2": {
                "code": "not_null"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionUnassignmentRequest": {
        "title": "Permission Unassignment Request",
        "description": "Permission Unassignment Request",
        "type": "object",
        "x-tags": [
          "Models"
        ],
        "required": [
          "permissionIds"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "permissionIds": {
            "description": "List of permission IDs that should be unassigned from either a role or permission group.",
            "type": "array",
            "maxItems": 50,
            "uniqueItems": true,
            "items": {
              "description": "ID of a permission to unassign.",
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 26,
              "example": "jayovsssgbgbpk47ihblujcm2e"
            }
          }
        },
        "example": {
          "permissionIds": [
            "pl4a4aa4jzydksmrf3jnu5yfcw"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "examples": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_PermissionUnassignmentRequest": {
        "description": "Permission Unassignment Request JSON object.",
        "value": {
          "permissionIds": [
            "pl4a4aa4jzydksmrf3jnu5yfcw"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_204": {
        "description": "No Content"
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_401": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "headers": {
          "WWW-Authenticate": {
            "description": "Includes details on the failed authentication condition. This header is set in accordance with the [OAuth2 specification](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750#section-3).",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "Bearer error=\"invalid_token\", error_description=\"The provided access token was invalid\""
            }
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unauthenticated": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "invalid_access_token",
                  "message": "The provided access token was invalid",
                  "ticket": "1u0d0edhwbjsd"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_403": {
        "description": "Forbidden",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unauthorized": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "unauthorized",
                  "message": "The request failed authorization",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_405": {
        "description": "Method Not Allowed",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - method_not_supported": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "method_not_supported",
                  "message": "The specified HTTP method is not supported",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_406": {
        "description": "Not Acceptable",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - not_acceptable": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "not_acceptable",
                  "message": "The Accept header was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_415": {
        "description": "Unsupported Media Type",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unsupported_media_type": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "unsupported_media_type",
                  "message": "The Content-Type header was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_500": {
        "description": "Internal Server Error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - internal_server_failure ": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "internal_server_failure",
                  "message": "An unexpected error occurred while processing the request",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_503": {
        "description": "Service Unavailable",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - service_unavailable": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "service_unavailable",
                  "message": "The service is currently unavailable",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_400-with-message-body": {
        "description": "Bad Request",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
                },
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_constraint-violations-api-error"
                }
              ]
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - invalid_request": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "invalid_request",
                  "message": "The request was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              },
              "code - request_constraint_violations": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "constraint_violations_error",
                  "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
                  "message": "The message body contained invalid fields",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
                  "violations": {
                    "field1": {
                      "code": "too_long",
                      "constraintAttributes": {
                        "maxLength": 10
                      }
                    },
                    "field2": {
                      "code": "not_null"
                    }
                  }
                }
              },
              "code - message_body_constraint_violations": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "constraint_violations_error",
                  "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
                  "message": "The message body contained invalid fields",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
                  "violations": {
                    "field1": {
                      "code": "too_long",
                      "constraintAttributes": {
                        "maxLength": 10
                      }
                    },
                    "field2": {
                      "code": "not_null"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_409-modification-conflict": {
        "description": "Conflict",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - modification_conflict": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "modification_conflict",
                  "message": "A modification conflict occurred when attempting to modify the resource",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_404-role-not-found": {
        "description": "Not Found",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - role_not_found": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "role_not_found",
                  "message": "Role could not be found",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-tagGroups": [
    {
      "name": "Resource Management APIs",
      "tags": [
        "Applications",
        "Auth Factors",
        "Auth Sessions",
        "Auth Session Policies",
        "Bot Detection Policies",
        "Custom Claims",
        "Custom Domains",
        "Email Brandings",
        "Email Domains",
        "Email Policies",
        "External IdP Profiles",
        "External IdP Tokens",
        "Identity Providers",
        "IdP Attribute Mappings",
        "IdP Role Mappings",
        "MFA Policies",
        "OAuth2 Clients",
        "Page Brandings",
        "Password Policies",
        "Permissions",
        "Permission Boundaries",
        "Permission Groups",
        "Refresh Tokens",
        "Remembered Tenants",
        "Roles",
        "Role Assignment Policies",
        "Signing Keys",
        "Tenants",
        "Users",
        "User Schemas",
        "Vanity Domains",
        "Webhook Policies",
        "Workflow Policies"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```