---
title: Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description
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# Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description{% #delete-a-cloud-cost-management-tag-description %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                                |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key}  |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key} |
| app.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/{tag_key} |

### Overview

Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag key description. When `cloud` is omitted, deletes every description for the tag key, falling back to Datadog's global default when available. When `cloud` is provided, deletes only the description scoped to that cloud provider. This endpoint requires the `cloud_cost_management_write` permission.

OAuth apps require the `cloud_cost_management_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#cloud-cost-management) to access this endpoint.



### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Name                      | Type   | Description                                     |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| tag_key [*required*] | string | The tag key whose description is being deleted. |

#### Query Strings

| Name  | Type   | Description                                                                                                     |
| ----- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cloud | string | Cloud provider to scope the deletion to (for example, `aws`). Omit to delete every description for the tag key. |

### Response

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No Content
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Bad Request
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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Forbidden
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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Too many requests
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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### Code Example

##### 
                  \# Path parameters export tag_key="CHANGE_ME" \# Curl command curl -X DELETE "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/tag_descriptions/${tag_key}" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" 
                
##### 

```python
"""
Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description returns "No Content" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.cloud_cost_management_api import CloudCostManagementApi

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = CloudCostManagementApi(api_client)
    api_instance.delete_cost_tag_description_by_key(
        tag_key="tag_key",
    )
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description returns "No Content" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::CloudCostManagementAPI.new
api_instance.delete_cost_tag_description_by_key("tag_key")
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```go
// Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description returns "No Content" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewCloudCostManagementApi(apiClient)
	r, err := api.DeleteCostTagDescriptionByKey(ctx, "tag_key", *datadogV2.NewDeleteCostTagDescriptionByKeyOptionalParameters())

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `CloudCostManagementApi.DeleteCostTagDescriptionByKey`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description returns "No Content" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.CloudCostManagementApi;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    CloudCostManagementApi apiInstance = new CloudCostManagementApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      apiInstance.deleteCostTagDescriptionByKey("tag_key");
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println(
          "Exception when calling CloudCostManagementApi#deleteCostTagDescriptionByKey");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```rust
// Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description returns "No Content" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_cloud_cost_management::CloudCostManagementAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_cloud_cost_management::DeleteCostTagDescriptionByKeyOptionalParams;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = CloudCostManagementAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .delete_cost_tag_description_by_key(
            "tag_key".to_string(),
            DeleteCostTagDescriptionByKeyOptionalParams::default(),
        )
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description returns "No Content" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v2.CloudCostManagementApi(configuration);

const params: v2.CloudCostManagementApiDeleteCostTagDescriptionByKeyRequest = {
  tagKey: "tag_key",
};

apiInstance
  .deleteCostTagDescriptionByKey(params)
  .then((data: any) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
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