---
title: "Delete a never-activated DRAFT version"
method: DELETE
path: "/redaction/policies/{name}/versions/{version}"
tags: ["redaction-policies"]
---

# Delete a never-activated DRAFT version

`DELETE /redaction/policies/{name}/versions/{version}`

Hard-deletes only a DRAFT that has never been ACTIVE. Required scope: `policy:redaction:manage`.

## Response `204`

DRAFT deleted

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request - policy schema, normalization, size, quota, cursor, or path validation failed
- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication failed
- `403` — Forbidden - requires an API key with the `policy:redaction:manage` scope; Dashboard bearer authentication is rejected
- `404` — Not Found - name/version is unknown, inactive where required, or belongs to another tenant
- `409` — Conflict - DRAFT, immutable built-in, delete, unchanged version, or ACTIVE CAS conflict
- `503` — Service Unavailable - tenant redaction policy store is unavailable

## Changes

> 65 revisions in range; 12 not diffed.

- **2026-08-03** `8e90404f8bf2` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/qlonolink/apis/qaip-apis/changes/redaction/policies/:name/versions/:version/delete.md)

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