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# Deletes Role

**`DELETE /api/v1/permissions/roles/{id}`**

Deletes the role with the provided role ID. Users assigned this role will lose the associated permissions.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.PERMISSIONS_ROLE_DELETE`

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## Request

### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description     |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | --------------- |
| `id`      | string | Yes      | Role identifier |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `200 OK`

```json
true
```

Returns `true` when the role was deleted successfully.

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description                |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token   |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions   |
| `404 Not Found`             | Role does not exist        |
| `422 Unprocessable Entity`  | Invalid or missing role ID |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure  |