Remove business roles from business actors

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read eaw-remove-business-role-from-business-actor.md

Remove business roles from business actors when organizational responsibilities change or role assignments are no longer needed.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_apm.apm_user

About this task

Removing a business role from a business actor disassociates the role from that actor. The business role itself is not deleted and can be reassigned to other actors.

Procedure

Navigate to Workspaces > Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
To open the Portfolio List view, select the Portfolio icon ([Omitted image "portfolio-icon.png"] Alt text:).
Select the expand row icon ([Omitted image "ExpandIcon.png"] Alt text:) next to Business Architecture.
Select Business Actors.
Select the business actor that you want to remove a business role from.
Select the Business roles tab.
Select the checkbox next to the business role that you want to remove, and select Remove.

A confirmation message appears.
Select Remove.

Parent Topic:Manage business actors

Related topics

Add a business role to a business actor

View all business actors

Keywords business actorbusiness roleremove roleenterprise architecture

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title: Remove business roles from business actors
description: Remove business roles from business actors when organizational responsibilities change or role assignments are no longer needed.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/application-portfolio-management/eaw-remove-business-role-from-business-actor.html
release: brazil
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [business actor, business role, remove role, enterprise architecture]
breadcrumb: [Manage business actors, Using business architecture, Working with Portfolio list view, Managing Enterprise Architecture Workspace, Enterprise Architecture Workspace, Enterprise Architecture]
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# Remove business roles from business actors

Remove business roles from business actors when organizational responsibilities change or role assignments are no longer needed.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apm.apm\_user

## About this task

Removing a business role from a business actor disassociates the role from that actor. The business role itself is not deleted and can be reassigned to other actors.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **Workspaces** &gt; **Enterprise Architecture Workspace**.

2. To open the Portfolio List view, select the Portfolio icon \(\[Omitted image "portfolio-icon.png"\] Alt text:\).

3. Select the expand row icon \(\[Omitted image "ExpandIcon.png"\] Alt text:\) next to **Business Architecture**.

4. Select **Business Actors**.

5. Select the business actor that you want to remove a business role from.

6. Select the **Business roles** tab.

7. Select the checkbox next to the business role that you want to remove, and select **Remove**.

A confirmation message appears.

8. Select **Remove**.

**Parent Topic:**[Manage business actors](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-portfolio-management/eaw-manage-business-actors.md)

**Related topics**

[Add a business role to a business actor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-portfolio-management/eaw-add-business-role-to-business-actor.md)

[View all business actors](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/application-portfolio-management/eaw-view-all-business-actors.md)