# Delete a resource-based delegation policy with AWS Organizations
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When you no longer need to delegate the management of policies in your organization, you can delete the resource-based delegation policy from the organization's management account.

**Important**  
If you delete your resource-based delegation policy, you can't recover it.

**Minimum permissions**  
To delete the resource-based delegation policy, you need permissions to run the following action: `organizations:DeleteResourcePolicy`. 

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#### [ AWS Management Console ]

**To delete a delegation policy**

1. Sign in to the [AWS Organizations console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/organizations/v2). You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user ([not recommended](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#lock-away-credentials)) in the organization’s management account.

1. Choose **Settings**.

1. In the **Delegated administrator for AWS Organizations** section, choose **Delete**.

1. In the **Delete policy** confirmation dialog box, type **delete**. Then, choose **Delete policy**.

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#### [ AWS CLI & AWS SDKs ]

**Delete a delegation policy**  
You can use the following command to delete a delegation policy: 
+ AWS CLI: [delete-resource-policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/organizations/delete-resource-policy.html)

  The following example deletes the policy.

  ```
  $ aws organizations delete-resource-policy
  ```
+ AWS SDK: [DeleteResourcePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteResourcePolicy.html)

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