---
title: "Delete custom allocation rule"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v2/cost/arbitrary_rule/{rule_id}"
tags: ["Cloud Cost Management"]
---

# Delete custom allocation rule

`DELETE /api/v2/cost/arbitrary_rule/{rule_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/arbitrary_rule/{rule_id}`
- 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: `cloud_cost_management_write`

Delete a custom allocation rule - Delete an existing custom allocation rule by its ID

## Path parameters

- `rule_id` integer, required

## Response `204`

No Content

## Other responses

- `429`: Too many requests

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v2-collection.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v2-collection/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v2-collection/revisions/da68bf029e4c?raw)