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title: Delete a Cloud Cost Management tag description
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
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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}  |
| 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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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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API error response.

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

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API error response.

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| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
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### Code Example

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                  \# 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}" 
                
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