# Delete a single deployment task

Permanently deletes a deployment task and all its associated target machine entries.

## Endpoints

`DELETE /emsapi/osdeployer/tasks/{taskId}`

## Request URL

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

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.OSDTask.DELETE`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — Mandatory
  - `application/deploymentTaskDeletedStatus.v1+json`

### Path Parameters

- **taskId** `string` — Mandatory
  - ID of the OS Deployment task

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomains/emsapi/osdeployer/tasks/{taskId} \
  --header 'Accept: application/deploymentTaskDeletedStatus.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 200

Response Body — `application/deploymentTaskDeletedStatus.v1+json`

`JSON Object`

- **isTaskDeleted** `boolean`
  - True if the task was successfully deleted.

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** `HTTP code`

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Task successfully deleted

```json
{
  "isTaskDeleted": true
}
```

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 50 | **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.