---
title: "Delete subject-level compatibility configuration."
method: DELETE
path: "/config/{subject}"
tags: ["Config"]
---

# Delete subject-level compatibility configuration.

`DELETE /config/{subject}`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Removes the compatibility configuration for a subject and reverts it to the global default configuration.

## Path parameters

- `subject` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Registry-GroupId` string

## Response `200`

The previous subject-level configuration before deletion (or the new global default in effect).

- GlobalConfigResponse
  - `compatibilityLevel` string: The current global compatibility level.

## Other responses

- `404`: Error returned by the Schema Registry API
- `500`: Error returned by the Schema Registry API

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-confluent-compatibility-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-confluent-compatibility-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-confluent-compatibility-api/revisions/a2f9ca447c9b?raw)