---
title: "Delete a context"
method: DELETE
path: "/context/{context_id}"
tags: ["Context"]
---

# Delete a context

`DELETE /context/{context_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://circleci.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://circleci.com/api/v2/context/{context_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `Circle-Token`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `circle-token`

Delete a context by its ID. Will also delete all environment variables inside the context.

## Path parameters

- `context_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

A confirmation message

- DeleteContextResponse: message response
  - `message` string, required: A human-readable message

## Other responses

- `401`: Credentials provided are invalid.
- `404`: Entity not found.
- `429`: API rate limits exceeded.
- `500`: Internal server error.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/circleci/apis/circleci-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/circleci/apis/circleci-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/circleci/apis/circleci-api/revisions/b9c0e0c24058?raw)