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title: Delete a Notification policy
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# Delete a Notification policy

alerting.policies.delete(strpolicy\_id, PolicyDeleteParams\*\*kwargs) -> [PolicyDeleteResponse](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/alerting#(resource)%20alerting.policies%20%3E%20(model)%20policy_delete_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

DELETE/accounts/{account\_id}/alerting/v3/policies/{policy\_id}

Delete a Notification policy.

##### Security

<details>

<summary>API Token</summary>



The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/">Create a token</a>.

**Example:**<code>Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY</code>

</details>

<details>

<summary>API Email + API Key</summary>



The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Email: user@example.com</code>

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194</code>

</details>

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Notifications Write``Account Settings Write`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

account\_id: str

The account id

maxLength32

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policy\_id: str

The unique identifier of a notification policy

maxLength32

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<summary>

class PolicyDeleteResponse: …

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<details>

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errors: List\[Error]

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message: str

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code: Optional\[int]

minimum1000

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messages: List\[Message]

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message: str

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code: Optional\[int]

minimum1000

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success: Literal\[true]

Whether the API call was successful

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result\_info: Optional\[ResultInfo]

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count: Optional\[float]

Total number of results for the requested service

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page: Optional\[float]

Current page within paginated list of results

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per\_page: Optional\[float]

Number of results per page of results

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total\_count: Optional\[float]

Total results available without any search parameters

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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.policies%20%3E%20(model)%20policy_delete_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

### Delete a Notification policy

Python

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
policy = client.alerting.policies.delete(
    policy_id="0da2b59ef118439d8097bdfb215203c9",
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(policy.errors)
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}
```