| title | Remove group owner |
|---|---|
| description | Use this API to remove an owner from a Microsoft 365 group or a security group through the owners navigation property. |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| author | yuhko-msft |
| ms.reviewer | mbhargav, khotzteam, aadgroupssg |
| ms.subservice | entra-groups |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 05/23/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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.
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Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
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In delegated scenarios, the signed-in user must also be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with the required role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation:
| Microsoft Entra role | Limitations | Key role permission |
|---|---|---|
| Group owners | Can modify all types of group owners | microsoft.directory/groups/owners/update |
| User Administrator | Can modify user owners only | microsoft.directory/groups/owners/update |
| Directory Writers | Can modify user owners only | microsoft.directory/groups/owners/update |
| Groups Administrator | Can modify all types of group owners | microsoft.directory/groups/owners/update |
| Exchange Administrator | Can modify owners of Microsoft 365 groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.unified/owners/update |
| SharePoint Administrator | Can modify owners of Microsoft 365 groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.unified/owners/update |
| Teams Administrator | Can modify owners of Microsoft 365 groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.unified/owners/update |
| Yammer Administrator | Can modify owners of Microsoft 365 groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.unified/owners/update |
| Intune Administrator | Can modify owners of security groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.security/owners/update |
| Knowledge Administrator | Can modify owners of security groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.security/owners/update |
| Knowledge Manager | Can modify owners of security groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.security/owners/update |
| Windows 365 Administrator | Can modify owners of security groups only | microsoft.directory/groups.security/owners/update |
DELETE /groups/{id}/owners/{id}/$ref| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Don't supply a request body for this method.
If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
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In the request, specify the id of the directory object you want to remove after the $ref segment.
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content