---
title: "Delete an existing rule"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{rule_id}"
tags: ["Security Monitoring"]
---

# Delete an existing rule

`DELETE /api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{rule_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{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: `security_monitoring_rules_write`

Delete an existing rule. Default rules cannot be deleted.

## Path parameters

- `rule_id` string, required

## Response `204`

OK

## Other responses

- `403`: Not Authorized
- `404`: Not Found
- `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)