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title: Remove Zone Hold
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# Remove Zone Hold
DELETE/zones/{zone\_id}/hold
Stop enforcement of a zone hold on the zone, permanently or temporarily, allowing the creation and activation of zones with this zone’s hostname. Existing zone holds can be removed from CDN-only zones when `hold_after` is not provided. Active holds are automatically disabled when a zone transitions to CDN-only mode.
##### 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)
`Zone Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
zone\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.holds%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20zone_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Q uery ParametersExpand Collapse
hold\_after: optional string
If `hold_after` is provided, the hold will be temporarily disabled, then automatically re-enabled by the system at the time specified in this RFC3339-formatted timestamp. Otherwise, the hold will be disabled indefinitely. `hold_after` cannot be provided for CDN-only zones.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.holds%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20hold_after%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### 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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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.holds%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors>)
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: ZoneHold { hold, hold\_after, include\_subdomains }
hold: optional boolean
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hold\_after: optional string
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include\_subdomains: optional string
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.holds%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)
success: true
Whether the API call was successful
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zones.holds%20%3E%20(method)%20delete%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
### Remove Zone Hold
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/hold \
-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": {
"hold": true,
"hold_after": "2023-01-31T15:56:36Z",
"include_subdomains": "include_subdomains"
},
"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": {
"hold": true,
"hold_after": "2023-01-31T15:56:36Z",
"include_subdomains": "include_subdomains"
},
"success": true
}
```