---
title: delete-routing-rules
product: vercel
url: /docs/rest-api/project-routes/delete-routing-rules
canonical_url: "https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api/project-routes/delete-routing-rules"
last_updated: 2026-09-03
type: reference
prerequisites:
  []
related:
  - /docs/rest-api
summary: Learn about delete-routing-rules on Vercel.
install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
---

# Delete routing rules

```http
DELETE /v1/projects/{projectId}/routes
```

Delete one or more routing rules from a project by ID. Stages a new version with the routes removed.

## Authentication

**bearerToken**: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `projectId` | string | Yes |  |


## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `teamId` | string | No | The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of. |
| `slug` | string | No | The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of. |


## Request body

Required: No

Content-Type: `application/json`

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "routeIds"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "routeIds": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The IDs of the routes to delete",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example request

### TypeScript

```typescript
const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/projectId/routes?teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### Next.js

```typescript
'use server';

export async function callEndpoint() {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/projectId/routes?teamId=string&slug=string', {
    method: 'DELETE',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.VERCEL_ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    next: { revalidate: 3600 }
  });

  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error('Request failed');
  }

  return response.json();
}
```

### cURL

```bash
curl -X DELETE 'https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/projectId/routes?teamId=string&slug=string' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "deletedCount": "123",
  "version": {
    "id": "icfg_1234567890",
    "s3Key": "string",
    "lastModified": "123",
    "createdBy": "string",
    "isStaging": "false",
    "isLive": "false",
    "ruleCount": "123",
    "alias": "string"
  }
}
```

## Responses

### 200: No description

Content-Type: `application/json`

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "deletedCount",
    "version"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "deletedCount": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A version of routing rules stored in S3.",
      "required": [
        "createdBy",
        "id",
        "lastModified",
        "s3Key"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Unique identifier for the version."
        },
        "s3Key": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The S3 key where the routing rules are stored."
        },
        "lastModified": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Timestamp of when this version was last modified."
        },
        "createdBy": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The user who created this version."
        },
        "isStaging": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Whether this version is staged and not yet promoted to production.",
          "enum": [
            false,
            true
          ]
        },
        "isLive": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Whether this version is currently live in production.",
          "enum": [
            false,
            true
          ]
        },
        "ruleCount": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The number of routing rules in this version."
        },
        "alias": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The staging alias for previewing this version."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 400: One of the provided values in the request body is invalid.
One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.

### 401: The request is not authorized.

### 403: You do not have permission to access this resource.

### 404: No description

### 409: No description

### 410: No description

### 500: No description

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## Related

- [project-routes endpoints](/docs/rest-api#project-routes)

- [REST API overview](/docs/rest-api)

- [OpenAPI spec](https://openapi.vercel.sh/) (machine-readable, all endpoints)

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