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id: 0c002e78-a0a8-4065-9abb-9f3a89fcdbda
title: removeMember
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/remove-member
description: removeMember method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### removeMember

* **removeMember**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Removes a specific participant from the room.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object">
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string">
    Id of the member to remove.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.member.remove`: to remove a remote member.

You need to specify the permissions when [creating the Video Room Token](/docs/apis/video/room-tokens/create-room-token) on the server side.

#### Example

```javascript
const id = "de550c0c-3fac-4efd-b06f-b5b8614b8966"; // you can get this from getMembers()
await roomSession.removeMember({ memberId: id });
```