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Remove a managed policy from a role.

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Section: IAM Policies

Detach a managed policy from a role

bash
bash
aws iam detach-role-policy --role-name AppRole --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess
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Used during least-privilege cleanup.

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