---
title: "Deactivate a zone DNS service"
method: DELETE
path: "/{account}/zones/{zone}/activation"
tags: ["zones"]
---

# Deactivate a zone DNS service

`DELETE /{account}/zones/{zone}/activation`

Deactivates DNS services for the zone.

Under Solo and Teams plans, active zones are charged when renewing your subscription to
DNSimple

## Path parameters

- `account` integer, required
- `zone` string, required

## Response `200`

Successfully deactivate DNS services on the zone.

- object
  - `data` Zone, required — Represents a DNS zone.
    - `id` integer, required
    - `account_id` integer, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `reverse` boolean, required — Returns true for a reverse zone, false for a forward zone.
    - `secondary` boolean, required — Returns true for a secondary zone, false for a primary zone.
    - `last_transferred_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — Returns the date the zone was last transferred. Used if it is a secondary zone.
    - `active` boolean, required — Returns true if DNS services are active for the zone. If false, DNS services are disabled and DNS records will not be resolved.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was created, formatted as ISO 8601.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was last updated, formatted as ISO 8601.

## Other responses

- `404` — The requested resource doesn't exist.

## Changes

- **2025-07-11** (v2) `06780be0ef17` — 1 breaking, 11 info
  - the response property `data/last_transferred_at` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `data` became required for the status `200`
  - the response property `data/account_id` became required for the status `200`
  - the response property `data/active` became required for the status `200`
  - …8 more
- **2023-11-21** (v2) `b50d4f643cbd` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `data/active` to the response with the `200` status
- **2023-07-18** (v2) `2e2a96fa71fe` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-07-18** (v2) `c8591dcf8c29` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/dnsimple/apis/dnsimple-api/changes/:account/zones/:zone/activation/delete.md)

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