---
title: "Delete CA"
slug: "security-privateca-destroyca"
tags: ["Private CA"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:25:43Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:25:43Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/security-privateca-destroyca"
---

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# Delete CA

Available in Classic and VPC

Delete a CA certificate.

Note

You can only delete CA certificates in the `DESTROYING` status. See [Update CA](/docs/en/security-privateca-updateca) to change the status.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| DELETE | /api/v1/ca/{caTag} |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all CA APIs, see [CA request headers](/docs/en/security-privateca#%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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `caTag` | String | Required | CA tag value - See [Get CA list](/docs/en/security-privateca-getcalist) |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://pca.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/ca/********-********' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response body

The following describes the response body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | String | - | Response code |
| `msg` | String | - | Response message |
| `data` | Object | - | Response result |

### Response status codes

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

### Response example

The following is a sample example.

```
{
    "code": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "Success",
    "data": null
}
```