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      • GETList guardrails
      • POSTCreate a guardrail
      • GETGet a guardrail
      • DELDelete a guardrail
      • PATCHUpdate a guardrail
      • GETList key assignments for a guardrail
      • POSTBulk assign keys to a guardrail
      • POSTBulk unassign keys from a guardrail
      • GETList member assignments for a guardrail
      • POSTBulk assign members to a guardrail
      • POSTBulk unassign members from a guardrail
      • GETList all key assignments
      • GETList all member assignments
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Delete a guardrail

DELETE
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/guardrails/:id
DELETE
/api/v1/guardrails/:id
$curl -X DELETE https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{}'
1{
2  "deleted": true
3}

Delete an existing guardrail. Management key required.

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer
API key as bearer token in Authorization header

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"
The unique identifier of the guardrail to delete

Response

Guardrail deleted successfully
deletedtrue
Confirmation that the guardrail was deleted

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error
500
Internal Server Error