---
title: "Delete a Field"
method: DELETE
path: "/incidents/custom_fields/{field_id}"
tags: ["Incident Custom Fields"]
deprecated: true
---

# Delete a Field

`DELETE /incidents/custom_fields/{field_id}`

> **Deprecated.**

<!-- theme: warning -->
> ### Deprecated
> This endpoint is deprecated and only works for fields on the Base Incident Type. \
> For more flexibility, we recommend using the Incident Types endpoint: \
> [/incidents/types/{type_id_or_name}/custom_fields/{field_id}](openapiv3.json/paths/~1incidents~1types~1{type_id_or_name}~1custom_fields~1{field_id}/delete)

Delete a Custom Field from the Base Incident Type.

Scoped OAuth requires: `custom_fields.write`

## Path parameters

- `field_id` string, required

## Response `204`

The field was deleted successfully.

## Other responses

- `400` — Caller provided invalid arguments. Please review the response for error details. Retrying with the same arguments will *not* work.
- `403` — Caller is not authorized to view the requested resource. While your authentication is valid, the authenticated user or token does not have permission to perform this action.
- `404` — The requested resource was not found.
- `500` — Internal Server Error the PagerDuty server experienced an error.

---

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