# Delete a CIS compliance policy group

Deletes a custom CIS compliance policy group and its profile mappings. Generates configuration for agents to remove the policy.

## Endpoint

`DELETE /dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}`

## Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.VulnerabilityMgmt.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Path Parameters

- **policyGrpId** `string` — Mandatory  
  The ID of the policy group to delete. Fetch from [List Policy Groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/list-policy-groups.html).

### Query Parameters

- **policyGrpId** `long` — Optional  
  The ID of the policy group to delete.

## Sample Request

### Curl

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **status** `string`  
  Result status. success or failed
- **statusMsg** `string`  
  Error message when the policy group ID is not found

### HTTP code 401

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`  
  Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (authentication=required)
- **errorMsg** `string`  
  Authentication failure reason

### HTTP code 429

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`  
  Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes
- **errorMsg** `string`  
  Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

### Policy group deleted successfully

```json
{
  "status": "success"
}
```

### Policy group ID not found

```json
{
  "statusMsg": "policy grp id not present",
  "status": "failed"
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 401

### User is action-restricted for this policy group

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "User Not Authorized",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 429

### API call threshold exceeded

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
  "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
```

## Rate Limits

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.