---
title: "Delete a licence"
description: "Delete one licence key, as the Licence keys page's Delete does. A key on an order is removed from it and the order is marked so no replacement is assigned automatically. Destructive: send it first without confirm. Nothin"
url: https://docs.filemonk.io/v2/api-reference/licences/delete-a-licence/
api: "API v2 reference"
method: DELETE
path: "/licences/{id}"
---

# Delete a licence

`DELETE https://app.filemonk.io/api/v2/external/licences/{id}`

Delete one licence key, as the Licence keys page's Delete does. A key on an order is removed from it and the order is marked so no replacement is assigned automatically. Destructive: send it first without `confirm`. Nothing changes and the 409 `confirmation_required` says what would. Tell the merchant, ask, and resend with `confirm: true` only after they agree. For more than one, use [`POST /licences/bulk_delete`](https://docs.filemonk.io/v2/api-reference/licences/bulk-delete-licence-keys/), which previews the counts; don't call this in a loop.

**Note:** Without confirm: true nothing is deleted: 409 confirmation_required names the key and its order.

## Path parameters

- `id` (string, required)

## Query parameters

- `confirm` (string)

## Returns

- `deleted` (boolean, nullable, required): e.g. `true`
- `id` (string, nullable, required): e.g. `bcc87d33-c87e-4f39-9cd2-e43250ebc1ed`

Rate limit: this call costs 2 points ([rate limits](https://docs.filemonk.io/v2/errors-and-rate-limits/)).

## Example request

```sh
curl -X DELETE "https://app.filemonk.io/api/v2/external/licences/bcc87d33-c87e-4f39-9cd2-e43250ebc1ed" \
  -H "X-Auth-Token: $FILEMONK_API_KEY"
```

## 200

Success: the write completed; the body is the updated resource.

```json
{
  "deleted": true,
  "id": "bcc87d33-c87e-4f39-9cd2-e43250ebc1ed"
}
```

## 401

Missing or invalid API key.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Invalid API key"
  ]
}
```

## 404

The resource does not exist for this shop, or the action path is not registered.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Order not found: c3d4e5f6-7a8b-4c9d-8e0f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
  ]
}
```

## 422

The request failed validation, or sent a key the action does not take (`code: "unknown_parameters"` with `unknown` and `accepted`). Nothing was saved.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "access.download_limit_count must be an integer of at least 0"
  ],
  "field_errors": {
    "access.download_limit_count": [
      "must be an integer of at least 0"
    ]
  }
}
```

## 429

Rate limited. Cost-weighted per API key, shared with API v1: a read costs 1 point, a write 2, 40 points per fixed 60-second window. Every response carries `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset` (Unix time the window ends); a 429 adds `Retry-After` (seconds), `retry_after`, `retryable: true` and a `next_step` in the body. A 429 did nothing: wait `retry_after` seconds, then send the same request again. The budget is per key, so every tool or script using the key shares it; prefer one list call with `per_page` over many single reads.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "You have exceeded the rate limit of 40 points per 60 seconds. Read requests cost 1 point(s) and write requests cost 2 point(s). Please retry after 12 second(s)."
  ],
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "retry_after": 12,
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded",
  "message": "You have exceeded the rate limit of 40 points per 60 seconds. Read requests cost 1 point(s) and write requests cost 2 point(s). Please retry after 12 second(s)."
}
```