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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\user\Plugin\Action;
+
+/**
+ * Removes a role from a user.
+ *
+ * @Action(
+ * id = "user_remove_role_action",
+ * label = @Translation("Remove a role from the selected users"),
+ * type = "user"
+ * )
+ */
+class RemoveRoleUser extends ChangeUserRoleBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function execute($account = NULL) {
+ $rid = $this->configuration['rid'];
+ // Skip removing the role from the user if they already don't have it.
+ if ($account !== FALSE && $account->hasRole($rid)) {
+ // For efficiency manually save the original account before applying
+ // any changes.
+ $account->original = clone $account;
+ $account->removeRole($rid);
+ $account->save();
+ }
+ }
+
+}