# Delete a configuration profile

Permanently deletes a configuration profile. The profile must be moved to trash before it can be deleted.

## Endpoint

`DELETE` `/bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/{profile_id}`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/{profile_id}`

### Scope

`BrowserManager.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - `application/json`

#### Path Parameters

- **profile_id** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - Retrieve the configuration profile ID from the `profileid` key in the response returned by [List Configuration Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/profiles-list-profiles.html)

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomain/bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/{profile_id} \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 204

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

### HTTP code 400

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

Bad request error for invalid input or constraint violations.

- **errorcode** `string`
  - Error code identifying the specific validation failure
- **errormsg** `string`
  - Message describing the validation failure

### HTTP code 401

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **error_code** `string`
  - Unauthorized error code: API key or OAuth token missing, expired or invalid
- **error_description** `string`
  - Authentication failure reason

### HTTP code 403

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **error_code** `string`
  - Forbidden error code: the user lacks the required MDM_OSUpdateMgmt UEM role
- **error_description** `string`
  - Message indicating insufficient privileges

### HTTP code 412

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

Precondition failure indicating the profile has active device associations preventing deletion.

- **errorcode** `string`
  - Error code identifying the precondition failure
- **errormsg** `string`
  - Message indicating the profile has active device associations preventing deletion

### HTTP code 429

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **error_code** `string`
  - Rate limit error code: API call threshold exceeded for this endpoint group
- **error_description** `string`
  - Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

### HTTP code 500

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

Internal server error response for profile operations.

- **error_description** `string`
  - Error message describing the server failure
- **error_code** `string`
  - Error code for internal server errors

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 204

```json
204 Returns 204 No Content on success.
```

### HTTP 400

Attempt to delete protected profile type 64501 or 64502

```json
{
  "errorcode": "IAM0003",
  "errormsg": "Invalid request."
}
```

### HTTP 401

API key is missing or invalid

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0001",
  "errorMsg": "Authentication key is invalid. Please regenerate the key and try again."
}
```

### HTTP 403

Forbidden

```json
{
  "errorCode": "FORBIDDEN",
  "errorMsg": "User does not have permission to perform this operation"
}
```

### HTTP 412

Profile still has devices associated. Disassociate all devices from the profile before deleting.

```json
{
  "errorcode": "IAM0007",
  "errormsg": "The following pre-requisites to complete this request were not found: Profile(s) are not safe to be deleted"
}
```

### HTTP 429

Rate limit exceeded

```json
{
  "errorCode": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "errorMsg": "Too many requests. Please try again after 5 minutes"
}
```

### HTTP 500

Server error

```json
{
  "error_description": "Internal Server error, Please try again in a moment.",
  "error_code": "COM0004"
}
```

## Rate Limit

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 60 | **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.