Remove group owner
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05/05/2022
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Namespace: microsoft.graph
Use this API to remove an owner from a Microsoft 365 group or a security group through the owners navigation property. Once owners are assigned to a group, the last owner (a user object) of the group cannot be removed.
Note: For issues encountered when removing owner of a group associated with a team , see Known Issues .
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions .
Permission type
Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)
Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Application
Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
HTTP request
DELETE /groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref
Name
Description
Authorization
Bearer {token}. Required.
Request body
Do not supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It does not return anything in the response body.
Example
Request
The following is an example of the request.
DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );
await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].Owners["{directoryObject-id}"].Reference
.Request()
.DeleteAsync();
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );
await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].Owners["{directoryObject-id}"].Reference
.Request()
.DeleteAsync();
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
await client.api('/groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref')
.delete();
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
await client.api('/groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref')
.delete();
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];
NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"DELETE"];
MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest
completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {
//Request Completed
}];
[meDataTask execute];
MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];
NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"DELETE"];
MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest
completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {
//Request Completed
}];
[meDataTask execute];
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();
graphClient.groups("{id}").owners("{id}").reference()
.buildRequest()
.delete();
GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();
graphClient.groups("{id}").owners("{id}").reference()
.buildRequest()
.delete();
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
In the request, specify the id of the directory object you want to remove after the $ref segment.
Response
The following is an example of the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
See also