# 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

| Name | Type | Required | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accept | string | Mandatory | `application/json` |

#### Path Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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`

| Type |
|---|
| JSON Object |

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body: `application/json`

| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| JSON Object | Bad request error for invalid input or constraint violations |

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errorcode | string | Error code identifying the specific validation failure |
| errormsg | string | Message describing the validation failure |

### HTTP Code 401

Response Body: `application/json`

| Type |
|---|
| JSON Object |

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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`

| Type |
|---|
| JSON Object |

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 412

Response Body: `application/json`

| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| JSON Object | Precondition failure indicating the profile has active device associations preventing deletion |

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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`

| Type |
|---|
| JSON Object |

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body: `application/json`

| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| JSON Object | Internal server error response for profile operations |

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| error_description | string | Error message describing the server failure |
| error_code | string | Error code for internal server errors |

## Possible Response Codes

| HTTP Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 204 | Returns 204 No Content on success. |
| 400 |  |
| 401 |  |
| 403 |  |
| 412 |  |
| 429 |  |
| 500 |  |

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 204

```text
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

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**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.