# Delete a quarantine policy group

Deletes a quarantine policy group and dissociates it from the custom group, removing all quarantine rules and restrictions.

## Endpoints

**DELETE** `/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{grpResourceId}`

## Request URL

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

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.VulnerabilityMgmt.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Path Parameters

**grpResourceId** `string` **Mandatory**

The resource ID of the quarantine custom group to delete. Fetch from [Get Quarantine Rule Details](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/get-quarantine-rule-details.html).

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{grpResourceId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **status** `string`
  - Result status. true on success, false on failure
- **statusMsg** `string`
  - Error message when the quarantine policy group 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 403

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`
  - Forbidden error code returned when the authenticated user does not have the required uem-roles (e.g., DataEncryption_Admin or DataEncryptionRecoveryKey_Admin)
- **errorMsg** `string`
  - Message indicating insufficient privileges to access this resource

### 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

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code
- **401** — HTTP code
- **403** — HTTP code
- **429** — HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

### Quarantine policy group deleted successfully

```json
{
  "status": "true"
}
```

### Quarantine policy group not found

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

## Sample Response: HTTP 401

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

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

## Sample Response: HTTP 403

### Quarantine is not available in VMP Professional Edition

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "You do not have enough permission to perform this action. Upgrade to Enterprise Edition to use these features.",
  "errorCode": "FORBIDDEN"
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 429

### API call threshold exceeded

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

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**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.