---
title: "Deactivates an Opportunity Category"
method: DELETE
path: "/OpportunityCategories/{id}"
tags: ["OpportunityCategories"]
---

# Deactivates an Opportunity Category

`DELETE /OpportunityCategories/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.insightly.com/v3.1`
- URL: `https://api.insightly.com/v3.1/OpportunityCategories/{id}`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `Authorization`

The endpoint is used to deactivate an existing opportunity category. This endpoint is only accessible to users with administrator permission.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `202`

Deactivation succeeded.

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication failed.
- `403`: API User does not have permission to deactivate Opportunity Categories.
- `404`: Opportunity Category not found.
- `409`: Opportunity Category cannot be deactivated because it's in use or already deactivated.
- `417`: Deactivation failed.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/insightly/apis/insightly-api-v3-1.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/insightly/apis/insightly-api-v3-1/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/insightly/apis/insightly-api-v3-1/revisions/e7df0c3b65fb?raw)