---
title: "Delete ads data for ad account in API Sandbox"
method: DELETE
path: "/ad_accounts/{ad_account_id}/sandbox"
tags: ["ad_accounts"]
---

# Delete ads data for ad account in API Sandbox

`DELETE /ad_accounts/{ad_account_id}/sandbox`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pinterest.com/v5`
- URL: `https://api.pinterest.com/v5/ad_accounts/{ad_account_id}/sandbox`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `https://www.pinterest.com/oauth/`
  - Token URL: `https://api.pinterest.com/v5/oauth/token` scopes: `ads:write`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/docs/ad_accounts/:ad_account_id/sandbox/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Delete an ad account and all the ads data associated with that account.
A string message is returned indicating the status of the delete operation.

Note: This endpoint is only allowed in the Pinterest API Sandbox (https://api-sandbox.pinterest.com/v5).
Go to /docs/developer-tools/sandbox/ for more information.

## Path parameters

- `ad_account_id` string, required

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- string

## Other responses

- `400`: The request could not be understood by the server due to unexpected data.
- `401`: Authentication is required and has either failed or not been provided.
- `403`: The request was valid, but the server is refusing action. The user might not have the necessary permissions for a resource.
- `404`: The requested resource could not be found on this server.
- `429`: The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time and is being rate limited.
- `default`: An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-06-04** (v5) `b698c180678a`: 4 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
- **2023-02-14** (v5) `be19b77aa78a`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/changes/ad_accounts/:ad_account_id/sandbox/delete.md)

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