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Remove a collector metric target

Permanently removes a collector target. The collector will stop monitoring this target on its next configuration sync.

DELETE https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/collectors/{collector_id}/targets/{target_id}

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

204

The target was removed successfully.

404

The target was not found, or belongs to a different collector or team.

Response body

{
  "errors": "Not found"
}
cURL
Copied!
curl -X DELETE "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v1/collectors/1/targets/1" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"



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