API Reference

Rulesets

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Delete an account or zone ruleset version

DELETE/{accounts_or_zones}/{account_or_zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{ruleset_version}

Deletes an existing version of an account or zone ruleset.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Mass URL Redirects WriteMagic Firewall WriteL4 DDoS Managed Ruleset WriteTransform Rules WriteSelect Configuration WriteAccount WAF WriteAccount Rulesets WriteLogs Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

ruleset_id: string

The unique ID of the ruleset.

ruleset_version: string

The version of the ruleset.

account_id: optional string

The Account ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Zone ID.

zone_id: optional string

The Zone ID to use for this endpoint. Mutually exclusive with the Account ID.

Delete an account or zone ruleset version

HTTP

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/$ACCOUNTS_OR_ZONES/$ACCOUNT_OR_ZONE_ID/rulesets/$RULESET_ID/versions/$RULESET_VERSION \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

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