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title: Delete Worker
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# Delete Worker
DELETE/accounts/{account\_id}/workers/scripts/{script\_name}
Delete your worker. This call has no response body on a successful delete.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
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)
`Workers Scripts Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
script\_name: string
Name of the script.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20script_name%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Q uery ParametersExpand Collapse
force: optional boolean
If true, delete the Worker even when other Workers still reference it. Service bindings in those Workers may be left broken. Durable Object namespaces implemented by the deleted Worker are deleted even if other Workers reference them.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20force%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {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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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors>)
messages: array of object {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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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20messages>)
success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional unknown
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workers.scripts%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)
### Delete Worker
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/workers/scripts/$SCRIPT_NAME \
-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"
}
}
],
"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": {}
}
```