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Policy Definitions - Delete

Service:
Policy
API Version:
2025-11-01

This operation deletes the policy definition in the given subscription with the given name.

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/{policyDefinitionName}?api-version=2025-11-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
policyDefinitionName
 path True

string

pattern: ^[^<>*%&:\?.+/]*[^<>*%&:\?.+/ ]+$

The name of the policy definition to get.
subscriptionId
 path True

string (uuid)

The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version
 query True

string

minLength: 1

The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

Resource deleted successfully.
204 No Content

Resource does not exist.
Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Delete a policy definition

Sample request

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/ResourceNaming?api-version=2025-11-01

Sample response

Status code:
200
Status code:
204

Definitions

Name Description
ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail

The error detail.
ErrorResponse

Error response

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional info.
type

string

The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

ErrorAdditionalInfo[]

The error additional info.
code

string

The error code.
details

ErrorDetail[]

The error details.
message

string

The error message.
target

string

The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name Type Description
error

ErrorDetail

The error object.