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Delete rulesets

You can use the API to delete all the versions of a ruleset or delete a specific version of a ruleset.

Delete ruleset

Deletes all the versions of an existing ruleset at the account or zone level.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

OperationMethod + Endpoint
Delete an account rulesetDELETE /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}
Delete a zone rulesetDELETE /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}

If the delete operation succeeds, the API method call returns a 204 No Content HTTP status code.

Example

The following example request deletes an existing ruleset.

Terminal window
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"

Delete ruleset version

Deletes a specific version of a ruleset.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

OperationMethod + Endpoint
Delete an account ruleset versionDELETE /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}
Delete a zone ruleset versionDELETE /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}

If the delete operation succeeds, the method call returns a 204 No Content HTTP status code.

Later updates to the ruleset will not reuse the version number of a deleted ruleset version.

Example

The following example request deletes a version of an existing ruleset.

Terminal window
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"