---
title: "Delete IP restriction"
source_url: https://dev.digicert.com/certcentral-apis/services-api/ip-restrictions/delete-ip-restriction.html
api_method: DELETE
api_endpoint: "/services/v2/container/{{container_id}}/ip/rule/{{rule_id}}"
api_url: "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/container/{{container_id}}/ip/rule/{{rule_id}}"
---

**DELETE** `https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/container/{{container_id}}/ip/rule/{{rule_id}}`

Use this endpoint to delete an IP restriction rule in your CertCentral account.

To delete a rule, you must provide the `rule_id` in the URL path. To get a list of rules and their corresponding ID values, use the [List IP restrictions](https://dev.digicert.com/md/certcentral-apis/services-api/ip-restrictions/list-ip-restrictions.md) API endpoint.

## Example requests and responses

## cURL

```bash
curl --request DELETE 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/container/{{container_id}}/ip/rule/{{rule_id}}' \
--header 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

## 204 No Content

```json
// No content
```

## Path parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>container_id</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>ID of the top-level account container (division).<br>To get the ID of the top-level container in your account, use the <a href="https://dev.digicert.com/md/certcentral-apis/services-api/containers/list-containers.md">List containers</a> API endpoint. The top-level container is the container with a <code>parent_id</code> value of <code>0</code>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>rule_id</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>ID of the rule to delete.<br>To get a list of rules and their corresponding ID values, use the <a href="https://dev.digicert.com/md/certcentral-apis/services-api/ip-restrictions/list-ip-restrictions.md">List IP restrictions</a> API endpoint.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>