---
title: "Bulk delete security monitoring rules"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_delete"
tags: ["Security Monitoring"]
---

# Bulk delete security monitoring rules

`DELETE /api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/bulk_delete`

## Request

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

Delete multiple security monitoring rules in a single request. Default rules cannot be deleted.

## Request body

- SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkDeletePayload: Payload for bulk deleting security monitoring rules.
  - `data` SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkDeleteData, required: Data for bulk deleting security monitoring rules.
    - `attributes` SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkDeleteAttributes, required: Attributes for bulk deleting security monitoring rules.
      - `ruleIds` string[], required: List of rule IDs to delete.
    - `type` 'bulk_delete_rules', required: The resource type for a bulk delete request.

## Response `200`

OK

- SecurityMonitoringRuleBulkDeleteResponse: Response for bulk deleting security monitoring rules.
  - `deletedRules` string[]: List of successfully deleted rule IDs.
  - `failedRules` string[]: List of rule IDs that could not be deleted.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Not Authorized
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too many requests

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[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)