wp-includes/class-wp-roles.php:204Removes a role by name.
$rolestring public function remove_role( $role ) { if ( ! isset( $this->role_objects[ $role ] ) ) { return; } unset( $this->role_objects[ $role ] ); unset( $this->role_names[ $role ] ); unset( $this->roles[ $role ] ); if ( $this->use_db ) { update_option( $this->role_key, $this->roles ); } if ( get_option( 'default_role' ) === $role ) { update_option( 'default_role', 'subscriber' ); } }Introduced in 2.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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