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Delete an existing escalation policy group

Permanently deletes an existing escalation policy group.

DELETE https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/policy-groups/:policy_group_id

URL parameters

policy_group_id
required string

The ID of the escalation policy group you want to delete

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

204

Returns empty body

Example cURL

Example
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/policy-groups/1234567 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

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