---
title: "Delete a backup policy"
method: DELETE
path: "/organizations/{organization}/databases/{database}/backup-policies/{id}"
tags: ["BackupPolicies"]
---

# Delete a backup policy

`DELETE /organizations/{organization}/databases/{database}/backup-policies/{id}`

### Authorization
A service token or OAuth token must have at least one of the following access or scopes in order to use this API endpoint:

**Service Token Accesses**
 `write_backups`

**OAuth Scopes**

 | Resource | Scopes |
| :------- | :---------- |
| Organization | `write_backups` |
| Database | `write_backups` |

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `organization` string, required
- `database` string, required

## Response `204`

Returns no content

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-06-01** `72506953f367` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/planetscale/apis/planetscale-api/changes/organizations/:organization/databases/:database/backup-policies/:id/delete.md)

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