---
title: "Delete policy"
slug: "management-subaccount-deletepolicy"
tags: ["Sub Account"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:32Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:32Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/management-subaccount-deletepolicy"
---

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# Delete policy

Available in Classic and VPC

Delete a User Created policy.

Note

Policies to which resources are assigned can't be deleted. Check and delete the resources assigned to the policy through [Get policy-assigned resource](/docs/en/management-subaccount-getpolicyresources) before deleting the policy.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| DELETE | /api/v1/policies/{policyId} |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Sub Account APIs, see [Sub Account request headers](/docs/en/management-subaccount#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `policyId` | String | Required | Policy ID - See [Get policy list](/docs/en/management-subaccount-getpolicies) |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://subaccount.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/policies/48ac3260-****-****-****-246e96591594' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Sub Account APIs, see [Sub Account status codes](/docs/en/management-subaccount#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

If the response is successful, the specified User Created policy is deleted along with the message `200 OK`.