---
title: "Delete Environment"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/environments/{environment_id}?beta=true"
---

# Delete Environment

`DELETE /v1/environments/{environment_id}?beta=true`

Delete an environment by ID. Returns a confirmation of the deletion.

## Path parameters

- `environment_id` string, required

## Headers

- `anthropic-beta` string — Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use. To use multiple betas, use a comma separated list like `beta1,beta2` or specify the header multiple times for each beta.
- `anthropic-version` string — The version of the Claude API you want to use. Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning).
- `x-api-key` string, nullable
- `anthropic-workspace-id` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- BetaEnvironmentDeleteResponse — Response after deleting an environment.
  - `id` string, required — Environment identifier
  - `type` 'environment_deleted', required — The type of response

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid argument - The client specified an invalid argument
- `401` — Unauthenticated - The request does not have valid authentication credentials
- `403` — Permission denied - The caller does not have permission to execute the specified operation
- `404` — Not found - Some requested entity was not found
- `408` — Deadline exceeded - The deadline expired before the operation could complete
- `409` — Aborted - The operation was aborted due to concurrency issue
- `412` — Failed precondition - Operation was rejected because the system is not in required state
- `413` — Out of range - Operation was attempted past the valid range
- `429` — Resource exhausted - Some resource has been exhausted (rate limiting)
- `431` — Request header fields too large - Request metadata was too large
- `499` — Cancelled - The operation was cancelled by the client
- `500` — Internal - Internal server error
- `501` — Unimplemented - The operation is not implemented or supported
- `503` — Unavailable - The service is currently unavailable
- `504` — Deadline exceeded - Upstream service did not respond in time
- `529` — Overloaded - The service is temporarily overloaded

## Changes

- **2026-09-02** `4789294140a2` — 17 info
  - added the new optional `header` request parameter `anthropic-workspace-id`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - …13 more
- **2026-07-22** `5e4a8830793b` — 1 breaking, 1 warning
  - the `type` response property const value `environment_deleted` was removed for the status `200`
  - added the new `environment_deleted` enum value to the `type` response property for the response status `200`
- **2026-04-09** `d87d3ef6f636` — 1 warning
  - deleted the `cookie` request parameter `sessionKey`
- **2026-04-08** `69486316563e` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/anthropics/apis/anthropic-api/changes/v1/environments/:environment_id?beta=true/delete.md)

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