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title: Delete a custom detection location from a zone.
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# Delete a custom detection location from a zone.
DELETE/zones/{zone\_id}/leaked-credential-checks/detections/{detection\_id}
Delete a user-defined detection location, identified by its detection ID. Incoming requests are then scanned using only the default scan locations and the detection locations that remain.
##### Security
API Token
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API Email + API Key
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**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
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**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Zone WAF Write``Account WAF Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
zone\_id: string
Defines an identifier.
maxLength32
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detection\_id: string
Defines the unique ID for this custom detection.
maxLength32
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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result: unknown
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success: true
Defines whether the API call was successful.
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### Delete a custom detection location from a zone.
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/leaked-credential-checks/detections/$DETECTION_ID \
-X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
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"
}
}
],
"result": {},
"success": true
}
```
##### 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"
}
}
],
"result": {},
"success": true
}
```