# Delete a quarantine policy group

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

## Endpoint

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

## Request

### Request URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{grpResourceId}`

### Scope

`VulnerabilityMgmt.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: 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/onpremise/get-quarantine-rule-details.html).

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomain/dcapi/compliance/quarantine/policy/{grpResourceId} \
  --header 'Authorization:  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 Responses

### 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 401

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

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

### 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 429

#### API call threshold exceeded

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

## 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.