---
title: Delete an approval policy
slug: feature-experimentation/api/delete-an-approval-policy
docTags: 
createdAt: 2026-10-13T18:16:15.508Z
---

{
  "id": "SKndES97QFIj-IbBNvUwO",
  "type": "api-oas-v2",
  "data": {
    "method": "DELETE",
    "url": "http://localhost:3002//projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id}",
    "servers": [
      {
        "url": "http://localhost:3002//projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id}",
        "description": "Local server"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://api.app.optimizely.com/flags-scheduling/projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id}",
        "description": "Production server"
      }
    ],
    "name": "Delete an approval policy",
    "description": "",
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "request": {
      "pathParameters": [
        {
          "kind": "required",
          "name": "project_id",
          "type": "integer",
          "description": ""
        },
        {
          "kind": "required",
          "name": "environment_id",
          "type": "integer",
          "description": ""
        },
        {
          "kind": "required",
          "name": "policy_id",
          "type": "integer",
          "description": ""
        }
      ],
      "headerParameters": [
        {
          "name": "accept",
          "type": "string",
          "kind": "optional",
          "description": "Generated from available response content types",
          "enum": [
            "application/json"
          ],
          "default": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "queryParameters": [],
      "bodyDataParameters": [],
      "formDataParameters": [],
      "oAuthParameters": [
        {
          "id": "BearerAuth",
          "name": "BearerAuth",
          "kind": "optional",
          "type": "http",
          "description": "<p>To get a personal token, see <a href=\"https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/web/docs/personal-token\" target=\"_blank\">https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/web/docs/personal-token</a></p>",
          "scheme": "bearer"
        }
      ],
      "cookieParameters": []
    },
    "responses": [
      {
        "statusCode": "204",
        "description": "Policy deleted successfully",
        "jsonExample": "",
        "isExpanded": true
      },
      {
        "statusCode": "404",
        "description": "Policy not found",
        "jsonExample": "",
        "isExpanded": true,
        "schema": [
          {
            "kind": "optional",
            "type": "object",
            "description": "",
            "customType": "ErrorResponse",
            "schema": [
              {
                "name": "details",
                "kind": "required",
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Details of Error."
              },
              {
                "name": "status",
                "kind": "required",
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Status code of the response.",
                "example": 400
              }
            ],
            "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse",
            "isExpanded": true
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hasXCodeSamples": false,
    "examples": {
      "languages": [
        {
          "id": "kGO0r83PwNB1ytj86vxF9",
          "language": "curl",
          "label": "cURL",
          "code": "curl --request DELETE \\\n     --url http://localhost:3002//projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id} \\\n     --header 'accept: application/json'"
        },
        {
          "id": "MXvKOrhdRYtNNDGlSEpX3",
          "language": "javascript",
          "label": "javascript",
          "code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n   method: 'DELETE',\n   headers: myHeaders,\n   redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"http://localhost:3002//projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id}\", requestOptions)\n   .then(response => response.text())\n   .then(result => console.log(result))\n   .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
        },
        {
          "id": "1ppgyh72NgvPLlhG_Yy3o",
          "language": "ruby",
          "label": "Ruby",
          "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"http://localhost:3002//projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id}\")\n\nhttp = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = http.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
        },
        {
          "id": "HsNep2B1aQ7WLFr2o8J2i",
          "language": "python",
          "label": "Python",
          "code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"http://localhost:3002//projects/{project_id}/environments/{environment_id}/policies/{policy_id}\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n   'accept': 'application/json',\n   'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"DELETE\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
        }
      ],
      "selectedLanguageId": "kGO0r83PwNB1ytj86vxF9"
    },
    "results": {
      "languages": [
        {
          "id": "8F3badhXDW2CBeSZpNlRW",
          "language": "204",
          "code": "// Policy deleted successfully\n"
        },
        {
          "id": "e0HsD9F1ECgjgb9LX3eC5",
          "language": "404",
          "code": "// Policy not found\n{\n  \"details\": \"\",\n  \"status\": 400\n}"
        }
      ],
      "selectedLanguageId": "8F3badhXDW2CBeSZpNlRW"
    }
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "text": ""
    }
  ]
}