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title: Delete a sinkhole
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# Delete a sinkhole

intel.sinkholes.delete(strsinkhole\_id, SinkholeDeleteParams\*\*kwargs) -> object

DELETE/accounts/{account\_id}/intel/sinkholes/{sinkhole\_id}

Delete the specified sinkhole. The sinkhole must not have any active ingress rules defined. A 409 response code indicates that this condition is not met.

##### Security

API Email + API Key

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

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

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

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

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

`Intel Write`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

account\_id: str

An identifier for the resource.

maxLength32

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)

sinkhole\_id: str

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20sinkhole_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

object

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)

### Delete a sinkhole

Python

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_email=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
    api_key=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
sinkhole = client.intel.sinkholes.delete(
    sinkhole_id="93defa6e909e464e8c89a85859f36d3c",
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(sinkhole)
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {}
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {}
}
```