# Delete an AutoStopping Rule

Permanently deletes an AutoStopping Rule from your account.

⚠️ CAUTION: This action is irreversible. Once deleted, the rule configuration cannot be recovered. Resources that were managed by this rule will no longer be automatically stopped, which may result in increased cloud costs.

Endpoint: DELETE /gateway/lw/api/accounts/{account_id}/autostopping/rules/{rule_id}
Version: 1.0
Security: x-api-key

## Path parameters:

  - `rule_id` (number, required)
    Unique identifier of the AutoStopping Rule to be deleted.
    Example: 12345

  - `account_id` (string, required)
    Account Identifier for the Entity
    Example: "abc12_DEFgh-ijkLMNOPqr"

## Query parameters:

  - `accountIdentifier` (string, required)
    Account Identifier for authentication and authorization.
    Example: "px7xd_BFRCi"

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `response` (object)

  - `response.id` (integer)

  - `response.name` (string, required)

  - `response.org_id` (string, required)

  - `response.account_identifier` (string)

  - `response.project_id` (string)

  - `response.fulfilment` (string)

  - `response.kind` (string, required)

  - `response.cloud_account_id` (string, required)

  - `response.idle_time_mins` (integer)

  - `response.host_name` (string)

  - `response.health_check` (object)

  - `response.custom_domains` (array)

  - `response.match_all_subdomains` (boolean)

  - `response.disabled` (boolean)

  - `response.routing` (object)

  - `response.routing.instance` (object)

  - `response.routing.instance.filter_text` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group` (object)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.id` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.name` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.desired` (integer)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.min` (integer)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.max` (integer)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.on_demand` (integer)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.spot` (integer)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.mixed_instance` (boolean)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.cloud_account_id` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.provider_name` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.target_groups` (array)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.target_groups.id` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.target_groups.name` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.target_groups.port` (integer)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.target_groups.protocol` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.target_groups.vpc` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.region` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.availability_zones` (array)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.status` (string)

  - `response.routing.instance.scale_group.meta` (object)

  - `response.routing.ports` (array)

  - `response.routing.ports.protocol` (string)

  - `response.routing.ports.target_protocol` (string)

  - `response.routing.ports.port` (integer)

  - `response.routing.ports.target_port` (integer)

  - `response.routing.ports.server_name` (string)

  - `response.routing.ports.action` (string)

  - `response.routing.ports.redirect_url` (string)

  - `response.routing.ports.routing_rules` (array)

  - `response.routing.ports.routing_rules.path_match` (string)

  - `response.routing.lb` (string)

  - `response.routing.k8s` (object)

  - `response.routing.k8s.RuleJson` (string)

  - `response.routing.k8s.ConnectorID` (string)

  - `response.routing.k8s.Namespace` (string)

  - `response.routing.custom_domain_providers` (object)

  - `response.routing.container_svc` (object)

  - `response.routing.container_svc.cluster` (string)

  - `response.routing.container_svc.service` (string)

  - `response.routing.container_svc.region` (string)

  - `response.routing.container_svc.task_count` (number)

  - `response.routing.database` (object)

  - `response.routing.database.id` (string)

  - `response.routing.database.region` (string)

  - `response.opts` (object)

  - `response.opts.preserve_private_ip` (boolean)

  - `response.opts.delete_cloud_resources` (boolean)

  - `response.opts.always_use_private_ip` (boolean)

  - `response.opts.access_details` (object)

  - `response.opts.hide_progress_page` (boolean)

  - `response.opts.idle_time_for_state_sync` (boolean)
    If true, idle time is used for state sync instead of the default 5 minutes

  - `response.created_at` (string)

  - `response.access_point_id` (string)

  - `response.metadata` (object)

  - `response.metadata.cloud_provider_details` (object)

  - `response.metadata.cloud_provider_details.name` (string)

  - `response.metadata.cloud_provider_details.type` (string)

  - `response.metadata.target_group_details` (object)

  - `response.metadata.service_errors` (array)

  - `response.metadata.service_errors.error` (string)

  - `response.metadata.service_errors.action` (string)

  - `response.metadata.kubernetes_connector_id` (string)

  - `response.metadata.autostopping_proxy_config` (object)

  - `response.metadata.autostopping_proxy_config.http` (object)

  - `response.metadata.autostopping_proxy_config.http.proxy` (object, required)

  - `response.metadata.autostopping_proxy_config.http.proxy.id` (string)

  - `response.metadata.autostopping_proxy_config.http.ports` (array, required)

  - `response.metadata.autostopping_proxy_config.tcp` (object)

  - `response.status` (string)


## Response 400 fields