# 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

### Request URL

`https://{serverurl}/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{grpResourceId}`

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

### 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

### 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

#### 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"
}
```

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`
  - Unauthorized error code: credentials missing, expired, or invalid
- **errorMsg** `string`
  - Authentication failure reason

#### Sample Response: HTTP 401

User is action-restricted for this custom group

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

### HTTP Code 403

Response body: `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`
  - Error code indicating insufficient permissions
- **errorMsg** `string`
  - Message indicating insufficient privileges to access this resource

#### 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"
}
```

### HTTP Code 429

Response body: `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `long`
  - Rate limit error code returned when the API call reached threshold
- **errorMsg** `string`
  - Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

#### Sample Response: HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded

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

### Possible Response Codes

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

## Rate Limit

![](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.