# Permanently remove an EDR exclusion rule

Permanently removes an existing exclusion rule identified by the exclusionId path parameter. The operation is customer-scoped and audit-tracked using the ID of the logged-in user.

## Endpoint

`DELETE /edr/api/ext/exclusion/{exclusion_id}`

## Request URL

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

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.EDR.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** `string` **Mandatory**
  - `application/json`

### Path Parameters

- **exclusion_id** `string` **Mandatory**

  A unique identifier assigned to each exclusion that is added. Get `exclusion_id` from [Get Exclusion details](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/edrview-exclusion-get-exclusions.html).

## Sample Request

### Curl

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomains/edr/api/ext/exclusion/{exclusion_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 400

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `string`

  `EDRCOMMON001` — Internal server error occurred while deleting the exclusion rule.

- **errorMessage** `string`

  General internal error message.

### HTTP Code 429

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `string`

  Rate limit error code.

  `IAM0019` — Returned when the API call threshold is exceeded within the defined duration window.

- **errorMessage** `string`

  Rate limit exceeded message with guidance on when to retry.

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** HTTP code
- **400** HTTP code
- **429** HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

```json
200 OK
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 400

Unexpected server-side error

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Exception while delete exclusion",
  "errorCode": "EDRCOMMON001"
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0019",
  "url": "/edr/api/ext/exclusion/{exclusion_id}",
  "errorMsg": "The URL /edr/api/ext/exclusion/{exclusion_id} was called too many times. Please retry after a while."
}
```

## 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.