---
title: "Delete an email security rule"
method: DELETE
path: "/v2/email-security/settings/rules/{id}"
tags: ["Email Security"]
---

# Delete an email security rule

`DELETE /v2/email-security/settings/rules/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.adaptivesecurity.com`
- URL: `https://api.adaptivesecurity.com/v2/email-security/settings/rules/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Soft-deletes one company-configured sender rule by ID. Requires EMAIL_SECURITY_WRITE. Adaptive-configured rules cannot be deleted through this endpoint.

**Required permission:** `email_security:write`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

Rule deleted

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid rule ID
- `401`: Invalid or missing authentication token
- `403`: Missing write permission or Email Security is not enabled
- `404`: Rule not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-10-09** `1e527b1a2d31`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/adaptivesecurity/apis/adaptive-api/changes/v2/email-security/settings/rules/:id/delete.md)

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