---
title: "Delete a Business Service"
method: DELETE
path: "/business_services/{id}"
tags: ["Business Services"]
---

# Delete a Business Service

`DELETE /business_services/{id}`

Delete an existing Business Service.

Once the service is deleted, it will not be accessible from the web UI and new incidents won't be able to be created for this service.

Business services model capabilities that span multiple technical services and that may be owned by several different teams.

For more information see the [API Concepts Document](../../api-reference/a47605517c19a-api-concepts#business-services)

Scoped OAuth requires: `services.write`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json', required

## Response `204`

The Business Service was deleted successfully.

## Other responses

- `401` — Caller did not supply credentials or did not provide the correct credentials. If you are using an API key, it may be invalid or your Authorization header may be malformed.
- `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.

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