# Remove profile associations from specific devices

Removes the association of one or more configuration profiles from specific devices, stopping deployment. Both `profile_ids` and `device_ids` arrays are required.

## Endpoint

`DELETE /bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/devices`

## Request

### Request URL

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

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

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

#### Request Body

JSON body containing `profile_ids` and `device_ids` arrays to remove associations.

`application/json`

`JSON Object`

Request body for associating profiles to devices.

- **device_ids** `array` — Optional
  - Required. Device resource IDs from [List Devices](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/inventory-list-devices.html) response (`device_id` field). Max 1000.
- **profile_ids** `array` — Optional
  - Profile IDs from [List Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/profiles-list-profiles.html) response (`profile_id` field). Max 1000, only published profiles allowed.

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/devices \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Remove profile association from a device

```json
{
  "device_ids": [
    777
  ],
  "profile_ids": [
    111
  ]
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 204

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

### Sample Response: HTTP 204

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

### 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.

### Sample Response: HTTP 400

Invalid request parameters

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

### 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.

### Sample Response: HTTP 401

API key is missing or invalid

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

### 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.

### Sample Response: HTTP 403

Forbidden

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

### HTTP Code 404

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

Resource not found error.

- **errormsg** `string`
  - Not found error message.

### Sample Response: HTTP 404

The specified profile does not exist

```json
{
  "errormsg": "Profile not found"
}
```

### 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.

### Sample Response: HTTP 429

Rate limit exceeded

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

### 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 Response: HTTP 500

Server error

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

## Rate Limits

![](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.