---
title: Delete an SLO
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Service Level Objectives
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# Delete an SLO{% #delete-an-slo %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                             |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/slo/{slo_id}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id}  |
| app.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/{slo_id} |

### Overview



Permanently delete the specified service level objective object.

If an SLO is used in a dashboard, the `DELETE /v1/slo/` endpoint returns a 409 conflict error because the SLO is referenced in a dashboard.
This endpoint requires the `slos_write` permission.
OAuth apps require the `slos_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#service-level-objectives) to access this endpoint.



### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Name                     | Type   | Description                            |
| ------------------------ | ------ | -------------------------------------- |
| slo_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the service level objective. |

#### Query Strings

| Name  | Type   | Description                                                                                         |
| ----- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| force | string | Delete the monitor even if it's referenced by other resources (for example SLO, composite monitor). |

### Response

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OK
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A response list of all service level objective deleted.

| Parent field         | Field     | Type     | Description                                                                      |
| -------------------- | --------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|                      | data      | [string] | An array containing the ID of the deleted service level objective object.        |
|                      | errors    | object   | An dictionary containing the ID of the SLO as key and a deletion error as value. |
| additionalProperties | <any-key> | string   | Error preventing the SLO deletion.                                               |

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```json
{
  "data": [],
  "errors": {
    "<any-key>": "string"
  }
}
```

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{% tab title="403" %}
Forbidden
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Error response object.

| Field                    | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |

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

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Not found
{% tab title="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field                    | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

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

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{% tab title="409" %}
Conflict
{% tab title="Model" %}
A response list of all service level objective deleted.

| Parent field         | Field     | Type     | Description                                                                      |
| -------------------- | --------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|                      | data      | [string] | An array containing the ID of the deleted service level objective object.        |
|                      | errors    | object   | An dictionary containing the ID of the SLO as key and a deletion error as value. |
| additionalProperties | <any-key> | string   | Error preventing the SLO deletion.                                               |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": [],
  "errors": {
    "<any-key>": "string"
  }
}
```

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{% tab title="429" %}
Too many requests
{% tab title="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field                    | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

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

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### Code Example

##### 
                  \# Path parameters export slo_id="CHANGE_ME" \# Curl command curl -X DELETE "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/${slo_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" 
                
##### 

```python
"""
Delete an SLO returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.service_level_objectives_api import ServiceLevelObjectivesApi

# there is a valid "slo" in the system
SLO_DATA_0_ID = environ["SLO_DATA_0_ID"]

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = ServiceLevelObjectivesApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.delete_slo(
        slo_id=SLO_DATA_0_ID,
    )

    print(response)
```

#### 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 an SLO returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::ServiceLevelObjectivesAPI.new

# there is a valid "slo" in the system
SLO_DATA_0_ID = ENV["SLO_DATA_0_ID"]
p api_instance.delete_slo(SLO_DATA_0_ID)
```

#### 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"
##### 

```ruby
require 'dogapi'

api_key = '<DATADOG_API_KEY>'
app_key = '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'
slo_id  = '<YOUR_SLO_ID>'

dog = Dogapi::Client.new(api_key, app_key)

dog.delete_service_level_objective(slo_id)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby-legacy) 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 an SLO returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV1"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "slo" in the system
	SloData0ID := os.Getenv("SLO_DATA_0_ID")

	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewServiceLevelObjectivesApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.DeleteSLO(ctx, SloData0ID, *datadogV1.NewDeleteSLOOptionalParameters())

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `ServiceLevelObjectivesApi.DeleteSLO`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### 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 an SLO returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.ServiceLevelObjectivesApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.SLODeleteResponse;

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

    // there is a valid "slo" in the system
    String SLO_DATA_0_ID = System.getenv("SLO_DATA_0_ID");

    try {
      SLODeleteResponse result = apiInstance.deleteSLO(SLO_DATA_0_ID);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ServiceLevelObjectivesApi#deleteSLO");
      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"
##### 

```python
from datadog import initialize, api

options = {
    'api_key': '<DATADOG_API_KEY>',
    'app_key': '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'
}

slo_id = '<YOUR_SLO_ID>'

initialize(**options)

api.ServiceLevelObjective.delete(slo_id)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python-legacy) 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>" python "example.py"
##### 

```rust
// Delete an SLO returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_service_level_objectives::DeleteSLOOptionalParams;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_service_level_objectives::ServiceLevelObjectivesAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "slo" in the system
    let slo_data_0_id = std::env::var("SLO_DATA_0_ID").unwrap();
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = ServiceLevelObjectivesAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .delete_slo(slo_data_0_id.clone(), DeleteSLOOptionalParams::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 an SLO returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v1 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v1.ServiceLevelObjectivesApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "slo" in the system
const SLO_DATA_0_ID = process.env.SLO_DATA_0_ID as string;

const params: v1.ServiceLevelObjectivesApiDeleteSLORequest = {
  sloId: SLO_DATA_0_ID,
};

apiInstance
  .deleteSLO(params)
  .then((data: v1.SLODeleteResponse) => {
    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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