---
title: "Delete a user data template"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/target_nodes/user_data"
tags: ["Target Nodes", "User Data"]
---

# Delete a user data template

`DELETE /api/target_nodes/user_data`

Delete a user data template for target nodes

## Headers

- `X-EDH-USER` string, required
- `X-EDH-TOKEN` string, required

## Response `200`

User data template deleted successfully

- object
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Missing template_id or invalid ID
- `401` — Authentication required
- `403` — Admin access required or default template cannot be deleted
- `404` — Template not found
- `409` — Template is in use by active software stacks
- `500` — Database error during deletion

## Changes

- **2026-08-15** (v1) `058396b8f0f1` — 3 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was removed from the API
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`
- **2026-04-21** (v1) `6db97cead8df` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was removed from the API
- **2026-04-16** (v1) `50051f4491c5` — 2 breaking, 2 warning
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-EDH-TOKEN`
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-EDH-USER`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-SOCA-TOKEN`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-SOCA-USER`
- **2025-08-05** (v1) `55c07c16d2e1` — 2 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-SOCA-TOKEN`
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `X-SOCA-USER`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-EDH-TOKEN`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `X-EDH-USER`
  - …2 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/engineering-development-hub-edh-api/changes/api/target_nodes/user_data/delete.md)

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