---
title: "POST /esm-delete"
method: POST
path: "/esm-delete"
tags: ["v2"]
---

# POST /esm-delete

`POST /esm-delete`

## Request body

- EsmDelete — esmDelete is a command that deletes a secret from an External Secrets Manager
  - `esm-name` string, required — Name of the External Secrets Manager item
  - `json` boolean — Set output format to JSON
  - `secret-id` string, required — The external secret id (or name, for AWS, Azure or K8s targets) to delete
  - `token` string — Authentication token (see `/auth` and `/configure`)
  - `uid-token` string — The universal identity token, Required only for universal_identity authentication

## Response `202`

esmDeleteResponse wraps response body.

- EsmDeleteSecretOutput
  - `name` string

## Other responses

- `default` — errorResponse wraps any error to return it as a JSON object with one "error" field.

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