# Delete Wireguard Gateway

Deletes the specified WireGuard Gateway.

To delete a WireGuard Gateway, perform a `DELETE` request with the `gatewayId` of the WireGuard Gateway.

## Endpoint

Use a [<mark style="color:blue;">region-specific</mark>](/cloud/network-services/vpn-gateway/api-how-tos.md#endpoints) endpoint to delete the WireGuard Gateway: `https://vpn.{region}.ionos.com/wireguardgateways/{gatewayId}`.

## Request

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** The following request contains a sample `gatewayId`. Replace them with the `gatewayId` value, whose information you want to delete.

```bash
curl --location \
--request DELETE 'https://vpn.de-fra.ionos.com/wireguardgateways/85c79b4b-5b40-570a-b788-58dd46ea71e2' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO'
```

{% endhint %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Path Parameters" %}
You can update the `gatewayId` value to delete a specific WireGuard Gateway:

| **Path Parameters** | **Type** | **Description**                         | **Example**                            |
| ------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `gatewayId`         | string   | The ID (UUID) of the WireGuard Gateway. | `85c79b4b-5b40-570a-b788-58dd46ea71e2` |
| {% endtab %}        |          |                                         |                                        |

{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| **Header Parameters** | **Required** | **Type** | **Description**                                                                 |
| --------------------- | :----------: | :------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Authorization`       |      yes     |  string  | The Bearer token enable requests to authenticate using an JSON Web Token (JWT). |
| {% endtab %}          |              |          |                                                                                 |
| {% endtabs %}         |              |          |                                                                                 |

## Response

**202 Successful operation**

{% hint style="success" %}
**Result:** The WireGuard Gateway with the specified `gatewayId` is successfully deleted.
{% endhint %}


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