---
title: "Delete an environment (cascade teardown)"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/environments/{env}"
tags: ["environments"]
---

# Delete an environment (cascade teardown)

`DELETE /v1/environments/{env}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.typenode.ai`
- URL: `https://api.typenode.ai/v1/environments/{env}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `env` string, required

## Query parameters

- `expected_environment_id` string, uuid

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The deleted environment name.

- DeletedName
  - `deleted` true, required
  - `name` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The Idempotency-Key must be a strict UUID v4, or expected_environment_id is malformed.
- `401`: Authentication required.
- `403`: environment.delete is required.
- `404`: The environment does not exist.
- `409`: The tenant is deleting, the environment is the last one or in use, a different deletion already owns it, or the name now resolves to a different environment id than the caller reviewed.
- `503`: Deletion is blocked by active or unresolved lifecycle work.
- `default`: An error occurred (RFC 9457 problem+json).

---

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