---
title: "Delete an incident update"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/incidents/{incidentId}/updates/{id}"
tags: ["Incident Updates"]
---

# Delete an incident update

`DELETE /v1/incidents/{incidentId}/updates/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.checklyhq.com`
- URL: `https://api.checklyhq.com/v1/incidents/{incidentId}/updates/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/docs/v1/incidents/:incidentId/updates/:id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Permanently removes an incident update.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `incidentId` string, required

## Headers

- `x-checkly-account` string: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general

## Response `204`

No Content

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `bc90d1bfa738`: 2 info
  - added the optional property `errorCode` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `errorCode` to the response with the `403` status
- **2026-08-12** `87d29dc7b4fe`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/changes/v1/incidents/:incidentId/updates/:id/delete.md)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/revisions/bc90d1bfa738?raw)