AWS IAM documentation change

Service: IAM · 2025-06-25 · Documentation medium

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_DeleteAccountPasswordPolicy_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell V5 example for deleting account password policies

Security assessment

While password policies are security-related, this change documents policy removal (which weakens security) rather than addressing a vulnerability. The documentation serves as a warning about resetting to default settings.

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diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_DeleteAccountPasswordPolicy_section.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_DeleteAccountPasswordPolicy_section.md
index a90c8e1d1..828318821 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_DeleteAccountPasswordPolicy_section.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/iam_example_iam_DeleteAccountPasswordPolicy_section.md
@@ -48,0 +49,14 @@ PowerShell
+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
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+**Example 1: This example deletes the password policy for the AWS account and resets all values to their original defaults. If a password policy does not currently exist, the following error message appears: The account policy with name PasswordPolicy cannot be found.**
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+    Remove-IAMAccountPasswordPolicy
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+  * For API details, see [DeleteAccountPasswordPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. 
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