Delete a policy

DELETE/accounts/{account_id}/cws/policies/{policy_id}

Deletes the policy and cascades its policy-set membership rows. The policy sets remain.

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

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Cloudflare account ID (32-character hexadecimal string)

maxLength32

minLength32

policy_id: string

ID of the policy to delete

formatuuid

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, source }

code: number

formatint64

message: string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: string

messages: array of object { code, message, source }

code: number

formatint64

message: string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: string

result: object { id }

id: string

formatuuid

success: boolean

Delete a policy

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/cws/policies/$POLICY_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e"
  },
  "success": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e"
  },
  "success": true
}