---
title: "Delete a budget"
method: DELETE
path: "/v2/budgets/{budget_id}"
tags: ["Budgets"]
---

# Delete a budget

`DELETE /v2/budgets/{budget_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://my.orq.ai`
- URL: `https://my.orq.ai/v2/budgets/{budget_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Permanently deletes a budget. Its consumption counters are cleared immediately. The response body is empty on success. Requires a Management Key with the Budgets permission; project-scoped API keys cannot manage budgets.

## Path parameters

- `budget_id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- DeleteBudgetResponse

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication required. See https://docs.orq.ai/reference/errors for the error codes.

## Changes

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- **2026-10-23** `0b4e519a544f`: 1 info
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- **2026-10-23** `732aed62833a`: 1 info
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- **2026-10-22** `4f826b2c3a0e`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
- **2026-10-22** `8f0dc569f247`: 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `401`
- **2026-10-21** `08b800d640e6`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orq-ai/apis/orq-ai-api/changes/v2/budgets/:budget_id/delete.md)

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