# Deletes a published SSP group configuration

Removes a published group from the self service portal. Both `groupResourceId` and `collectionId` are required to identify the configuration to delete.

## Endpoint

`POST /dcapi/swDeployment/publishGroup/delete`

## Request URL

https://[*{serverurl}*](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/swDeployment/publishGroup/delete

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.SWDeployment.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** `string` **Mandatory**: `application/deletePublishGroup.v1+json`
- **Accept** `string` **Mandatory**: `application/deletePublishGroup.v1+json`

### Request Body

`application/json`

- **groupResourceId** `string` Optional: Resource ID of the custom group. Obtain from the `groupResourceId` field in the response of the [List SSP Publish Groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/self-service-portal-list-publish-groups.html) API.
- **collectionId** `string` Optional: Collection ID of the SSP configuration to delete. Obtain from the `collectionId` field in the response of the [Check Custom Group Published](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/self-service-portal-check-custom-group-published.html) API.

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/swDeployment/publishGroup/delete \
  --header 'Accept: application/deletePublishGroup.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/deletePublishGroup.v1+json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Delete a published SSP group

```json
{
  "collectionId": "5001",
  "groupResourceId": "301"
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

- **status** `integer`: `0` on success
- **statusMsg** `string`: Localized message describing the deletion result

### HTTP Code 401

Response Body — `application/json`

- **errorCode** `long`: Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (`authentication=required`)
- **errorMsg** `string`: Authentication failure reason

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body — `application/json`

- **errorCode** `string`: `INTERNAL_ERROR` for publish/modify failures, `SW_INTERNAL_ERROR` for SSP configuration errors
- **errorMessage** `string`: Internal server error with details about the SSP publish or group operation failure

## Possible Response Codes

- `200` HTTP code
- `401` HTTP code
- `500` HTTP code

### Sample Response: HTTP 200

Deleted successfully

```json
{
  "statusMsg": "Published group (Engineering Workstations) has been deleted successfully",
  "status": 0
}
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 401

No access to delete

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "The user has no access to delete published group.",
  "errorCode": "ACCESS_DENIED"
}
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 500

Server error

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Internal Server Error",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

## Rate Limits

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**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.