---
title: "Delete Fallback"
method: DELETE
path: "/fallback/{model}"
tags: ["Fallback Management"]
---

# Delete Fallback

`DELETE /fallback/{model}`

Delete fallback configuration for a specific model.

**Parameters:**
- `model`: The model name to delete fallbacks for
- `fallback_type`: Type of fallback to delete (query parameter)

**Example:**
```
DELETE /fallback/gpt-3.5-turbo?fallback_type=general
```

## Path parameters

- `model` string, required

## Query parameters

- `fallback_type` 'general' | 'context_window' | 'content_policy'

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- FallbackDeleteResponse — Response model for deleting fallbacks
  - `model` string, required — The model name
  - `fallback_type` string, required — Type of fallback
  - `message` string, required — Success message

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-18** `082b5fabd909` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/flock/apis/litellm-api/changes/fallback/:model/delete.md)

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