---
title: "Check if a monitor can be deleted"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/monitor/can_delete"
tags: ["Monitors"]
---

# Check if a monitor can be deleted

`GET /api/v1/monitor/can_delete`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/monitor/can_delete`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `DD-API-KEY` and API key in header `DD-APPLICATION-KEY`
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/oauth2/v1/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/oauth2/v1/token` scopes: `monitors_read`

Check if the given monitors can be deleted.

## Query parameters

- `monitor_ids` integer[], required

## Response `200`

OK

- CheckCanDeleteMonitorResponse: Response of monitor IDs that can or can't be safely deleted.
  - `data` CheckCanDeleteMonitorResponseData, required: Wrapper object with the list of monitor IDs.
    - `ok` integer[]: An array of Monitor IDs that can be safely deleted.
  - `errors` object, nullable: A mapping of Monitor ID to strings denoting where it's used.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Forbidden
- `409`: Deletion conflict error
- `429`: Too many requests

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v1-collection.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v1-collection/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v1-collection/revisions/ca5871004d26?raw)