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name: azion-delete-an-application
description: >-
  Delete an application and the rules and cache settings it holds from Azion Console or the Azion API. The deletion cannot be undone.
---

# Delete an application

You can delete an [application](/en/documentation/platform/applications/) from Azion Console or the Azion API. To keep a copy of its settings before you delete it, refer to [Clone an application](/en/documentation/guides/application-development/getting-started/clone-applications/).

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Choose the interface you use. The prerequisites and the deletion steps follow that choice.

## Prerequisites

**Console**

You need access to Azion Console. To sign in, refer to [Access Azion Console](/en/documentation/guides/platform/account-and-billing/how-to-access-azion-console/).

**API**

- A personal token for the `Authorization` header, in the form `Token [TOKEN VALUE]`. To create a token, refer to [Manage a personal token](/en/documentation/guides/platform/account-and-billing/personal-tokens/).
- An HTTP client, such as `curl`.
- The ID of the application. It appears in the Azion Console address of the application page, after `/applications/edit/`.

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## Delete the application

Azion deletes the application together with the settings and instances that belong to it, such as its rules and cache settings. You cannot undo a deletion.

**Console**

To delete the application in Azion Console:

1. **Open the Applications page**

   Access [Azion Console](https://console.azion.com/) > **Applications**.

2. **Find the application**

   To narrow the list, enter the name of the application in the search box.

3. **Open the Actions menu of the application**

   In the row of the application, select the **Actions** menu.

4. **Select Delete**

   Select **Delete**. The **Delete Application** dialog opens and warns that the deletion cannot be reversed.

5. **Type the confirmation text**

   In the confirmation box, type the text that the dialog quotes, which is the name of the application. **Delete** stays unavailable until the text matches.

6. **Confirm the deletion**

   Select **Delete**.

Azion Console shows `Resource successfully deleted`, and the application no longer appears in the **Applications** list.

**API**

To delete the application with the API, send a `DELETE` request to the endpoint of the application. Put its ID in place of `<application-id>`:

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.azion.com/v4/workspace/applications/<application-id> \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token [TOKEN VALUE]'
```

The API answers `202` when it accepts the deletion. Once the deletion completes, the application no longer appears when you list the applications in your account.

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## Next steps

- [Clone an application](/en/documentation/guides/application-development/getting-started/clone-applications.md): Copy the settings of an application into another one before you change or remove the original.
- [Applications quickstart](/en/documentation/platform/applications/quickstart.md): Create an application and serve it, step by step.
- [Applications](/en/documentation/platform/applications.md): What an application holds, and the Products you can enable on it.
- [Workloads](/en/documentation/platform/workloads.md): Choose the application that each workload serves, in its Deployment Settings.