Change WordPress user roles and capabilities › Forums › Bug Reports › Can’t uncheck any capabilities, can only turn on them › Reply To: Can’t uncheck any capabilities, can only turn on them 23/11/2019 at 01:46 #6130 VladimirKeymaster URE works this way by design. You can revoke from a user only those capabilities which granted to him directly. Capability granted via a role, can be revoked this way: 1) revoke from user that role or 2) revoke that capability from that role.
