---
title: "Delete global rule"
method: DELETE
path: "/admin/rules/{rule}"
tags: ["Global rules", "Admin"]
---

# Delete global rule

`DELETE /admin/rules/{rule}`

Deletes a single global rule.  If this is the only rule configured, this is the same
as deleting **all** rules.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* Invalid rule name/type (HTTP error `400`)
* No rule with name/type `rule` exists (HTTP error `404`)
* Rule cannot be deleted (HTTP error `409`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Response `204`

The global rule was successfully deleted.

## Other responses

- `401` — Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403` — Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `404` — Common response for all operations that can return a `404` error.
- `500` — Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

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