---
title: "Remove Rules From The Pronunciation Dictionary"
method: POST
path: "/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/{pronunciation_dictionary_id}/remove-rules"
tags: ["Pronunciation Dictionary"]
---

# Remove Rules From The Pronunciation Dictionary

`POST /v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/{pronunciation_dictionary_id}/remove-rules`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.elevenlabs.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/{pronunciation_dictionary_id}/remove-rules`
- Auth: none declared

Remove rules from the pronunciation dictionary

## Path parameters

- `pronunciation_dictionary_id` string, required: The id of the pronunciation dictionary

## Headers

- `xi-api-key` string, nullable: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.

## Request body

- BodyRemoveRulesFromThePronunciationDictionaryV1PronunciationDictionariesPronunciationDictionaryIdRemoveRulesPost
  - `rule_strings` string[], required: List of strings to remove from the pronunciation dictionary.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- PronunciationDictionaryRulesResponseModel
  - `id` string, required: The ID of the pronunciation dictionary.
  - `version_id` string, required: The version ID of the pronunciation dictionary.
  - `version_rules_num` integer, required: The number of rules in the version of the pronunciation dictionary.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-02-08** `5b595807512c`: 1 info
  - api operation id `Remove_rules_from_the_pronunciation_dictionary_v1_pronunciation_dictionaries__pronunciation_dictionary_id__remove_rules_post` removed and replaced with `remove_rules`
- **2025-05-16** `503db4198a44`: 3 info
  - `header` request parameter `xi-api-key` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null`
  - for the `header` request parameter `xi-api-key`, the type was generalized from `string` to no type
  - added the required property `version_rules_num` to the response with the `200` status
- **2024-05-07** `c1dd2ce19be9`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/elevenlabs/apis/elevenlabs-api-documentation/changes/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/:pronunciation_dictionary_id/remove-rules/post.md)

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