---
title: "Deletes a ResourceGuard resource from the resource group."
method: DELETE
path: "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/resourceGuards/{resourceGuardsName}"
tags: ["ResourceGuards"]
---

# Deletes a ResourceGuard resource from the resource group.

`DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/resourceGuards/{resourceGuardsName}`

## Path parameters

- `resourceGroupName` string, required
- `subscriptionId` string, required
- `resourceGuardsName` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

## Other responses

- `204` — NoContent
- `default` — Error response describing why the operation failed.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2021-01-01) `c882dff39aa4` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/dataprotection-microsoft-dataprotection-dataprotection/changes/subscriptions/:subscriptionId/resourceGroups/:resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/resourceGuards/:resourceGuardsName/delete.md)

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