---
title: DELETE examples
description: Delete filters or rules with DELETE API requests.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
---

> Documentation Index  
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/llms.txt  
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. 

[Skip to content](#%5Ftop) 

# DELETE examples

Note

The `DELETE` operation does not delete any filter related to the firewall rule. To delete the filter, use the [Filters API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/).

## Delete multiple rules

This example deletes firewall rules with IDs `{rule_id_1}` and `{rule_id_2}`.

Request

```
curl --request DELETE \"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules?id={rule_id_1}&id={rule_id_2}" \--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Response

```
{  "result": [    {      "id": "<RULE_ID_1>"    },    {      "id": "<RULE_ID_2>"    }  ],  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": []}
```

## Delete a single rule

This example deletes the rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

Request

```
curl --request DELETE \"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules/{rule_id}" \--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Response

```
{  "result": [    {      "id": "<RULE_ID>"    }  ],  "success": true,  "errors": [],  "messages": []}
```

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/delete/#page","headline":"DELETE examples - Firewall rules · Cloudflare Firewall Rules (deprecated) docs","description":"Delete filters or rules with DELETE API requests.","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/delete/","inLanguage":"en","image":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png","dateModified":"2026-04-24","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cloudflare","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/#website","name":"Cloudflare Docs","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/"}}
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/firewall/","name":"Firewall Rules (deprecated)"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/firewall/api/","name":"Manage rules via the APIs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/","name":"Firewall Rules API"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/delete/","name":"DELETE examples"}}]}
```