# Move one or more sensors to trash after dependency checks

Moves one or more sensors to trash. To get sensor IDs, use [Get Sensor Libraries](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/sensors-get-libraries.html).

## Endpoint

`POST /intelligence/sensors/api/moveToTrash`

## Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/intelligence/sensors/api/moveToTrash`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.Platform.DELETE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/json`
- **Accept** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/json`

### Request Body

`application/json`

JSON Object:

- **sensorIDs** (`array`, Optional): Array of sensor IDs (long) to move to trash. Max 200 items.
- **forceDelete** (`boolean`, Optional): `true` to force-trash sensors even if dependencies exist; `false` to block on dependencies.

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/intelligence/sensors/api/moveToTrash \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

## Sample Request Body

### Move multiple sensors to trash

```json
{
  "forceDelete": false,
  "sensorIDs": [
    101,
    102,
    103
  ]
}
```

### Force-trash a sensor ignoring dependencies

```json
{
  "forceDelete": true,
  "sensorIDs": [
    101
  ]
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body: `application/json`

JSON Object:

- **status** (`string`): Result of the operation: `'success'` or `'failure'`.
- **message** (`string`): A confirmation message about the trash operation.

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body: `application/json`

JSON Object:

- **errorCode** (`string`): Error code when sensor cannot be deleted due to dependencies.
- **errorMessage** (`string`): Details about which dependencies prevent deletion.

### 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 500

Response Body: `application/json`

JSON Object:

- **statusCode** (`string`): HTTP status code (500).
- **errorCode** (`string`): Internal error code identifying the server-side failure.
- **message** (`string`): Error message describing the server-side failure.

## Possible Response Codes

- `200` — HTTP code
- `400` — HTTP code
- `401` — HTTP code
- `500` — HTTP code

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

#### Single sensor moved to trash

```json
{
  "message": "Sensor Disk Health Sensor moved to trash successfully",
  "status": "success"
}
```

#### Multiple sensors moved to trash

```json
{
  "message": "Selected sensors moved to trash successfully",
  "status": "success"
}
```

### HTTP 400

#### Sensor is used by other features and cannot be deleted

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Sensor has dependencies in other modules and cannot be trashed.",
  "errorCode": "SENORS_DEPENDENCY_EXISTS"
}
```

### HTTP 401

#### You do not have permission for this action

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Sensor is not in the authorized user scope.",
  "errorCode": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### HTTP 500

#### Server error

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "An internal error occurred.",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

## Rate Limit

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

**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.