# 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 URL

`https://`[*{serverurl}*](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)`/bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/{profile_id}`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.DELETE`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 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/cloud/profiles-list-profiles.html).

## Sample Request

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

- **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 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`

- **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

`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

```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 Limits

**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.