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title: Deletes a Workflow
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# Deletes a Workflow

DELETE/accounts/{account\_id}/workflows/{workflow\_name}

Deletes a Workflow. This only deletes the Workflow and does not delete or modify any Worker associated to this Workflow or bounded to it.

##### 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)

`Workers Scripts Write`

##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse

account\_id: string

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

workflow\_name: string

maxLength64

minLength1

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20workflow_name%20%3E%20(schema)>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

errors: array of object {code, message }

</summary>

code: number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20code">Link to this property</a>

message: string

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20message">Link to this property</a>

</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors>)

<details>

<summary>

messages: array of object {code, message }

</summary>

code: number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20messages%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20code">Link to this property</a>

message: string

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20messages%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20message">Link to this property</a>

</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20messages>)

<details>

<summary>

result: object {status, success }

</summary>

status: "ok"

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result%20%2B%20(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(model)%20workflow_delete_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20status">Link to this property</a>

success: boolean

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result%20%2B%20(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(model)%20workflow_delete_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success">Link to this property</a>

</details>

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

success: true

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)

<details>

<summary>

result\_info: optional object {count, per\_page, total\_count, 3 more }

</summary>

count: number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info%20%3E%20(property)%20count">Link to this property</a>

per\_page: number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info%20%3E%20(property)%20per_page">Link to this property</a>

total\_count: number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info%20%3E%20(property)%20total_count">Link to this property</a>

cursor: optional string

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info%20%3E%20(property)%20cursor">Link to this property</a>

page: optional number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info%20%3E%20(property)%20page">Link to this property</a>

total\_pages: optional number

<a href="#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info%20%3E%20(property)%20total_pages">Link to this property</a>

</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20workflows%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info>)

### Deletes a Workflow

HTTP

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/workflows/$WORKFLOW_NAME \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "status": "ok",
    "success": true
  },
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 0,
    "per_page": 0,
    "total_count": 0,
    "cursor": "cursor",
    "page": 0,
    "total_pages": 0
  }
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "status": "ok",
    "success": true
  },
  "success": true,
  "result_info": {
    "count": 0,
    "per_page": 0,
    "total_count": 0,
    "cursor": "cursor",
    "page": 0,
    "total_pages": 0
  }
}
```