title	description	ms.localizationpriority	author	ms.subservice	doc_type
servicePrincipal: removePassword	Remove a password from a servicePrincipal	medium	sureshja	entra-applications	apiPageType

servicePrincipal: removePassword

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Remove a password from a servicePrincipal object.

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Permissions

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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HTTP request

You can address the service principal using either its id or appId. id and appId are referred to as the Object ID and Application (Client) ID, respectively, in app registrations in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/removePassword
POST /servicePrincipals(appId='{appId}')/removePassword

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

Property	Type	Description
keyId	Guid	The unique identifier for the password. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No content response code.

Examples

The following example shows how to call this API.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/{id}/removePassword
Content-type: application/json

{
    "keyId": "f0b0b335-1d71-4883-8f98-567911bfdca6"
}