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Delete a rule in a ruleset

Deletes a single rule in a ruleset at the account or zone level.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

OperationMethod + Endpoint
Delete an account ruleset ruleDELETE /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}
Delete a zone ruleset ruleDELETE /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}

If the delete operation succeeds, the API method call returns a 200 OK HTTP status code with the complete ruleset in the response body.

Example

The following example deletes rule {rule_id_1} belonging to ruleset {ruleset_id}.

The response will include the complete ruleset after deleting the rule.

Terminal window
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id_1} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    "name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
    "description": "My first custom ruleset",
    "kind": "custom",
    "version": "12",
    "rules": [
      {
        "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
        "version": "2",
        "action": "js_challenge",
        "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
        "description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation",
        "last_updated": "2021-07-22T12:54:58.144683Z",
        "ref": "<RULE_REF_2>",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ],
    "last_updated": "2021-07-22T12:54:58.144683Z",
    "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}