# Remove a device

No more notifications go to this device.

`DELETE https://api.switchfile.io/v1/account/devices/{id}`

Needs an API key: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`. See [Authentication](https://switchfile.io/docs/authentication).

## Example

cURL:

```bash
curl -X DELETE "https://api.switchfile.io/v1/account/devices/b3e1f2a4-5c6d-4e7f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SWITCHFILE_API_KEY"
```

Node.js:

```js
const res = await fetch("https://api.switchfile.io/v1/account/devices/b3e1f2a4-5c6d-4e7f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b", {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SWITCHFILE_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
console.log(res.status);
```

PHP:

```php
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.switchfile.io/v1/account/devices/b3e1f2a4-5c6d-4e7f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'DELETE',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('SWITCHFILE_API_KEY'),
    ],
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($status >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException("HTTP $status: $response");
}
echo $status, PHP_EOL;
```

Python:

```python
import os
import requests

res = requests.delete(
    "https://api.switchfile.io/v1/account/devices/b3e1f2a4-5c6d-4e7f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SWITCHFILE_API_KEY']}"},
)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.status_code)
```

## Parameters

### Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (uuid) | yes | ID of the device |

## Responses

### 204: Removed

### 401: The API key is missing or not valid (`UNAUTHENTICATED`)

Example (application/problem+json):

```json
{
  "type": "https://switchfile.io/docs/api/v1#errors-unauthenticated",
  "title": "Unauthenticated",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
  "detail": "Missing or invalid API key."
}
```

### 403: Not available with a service key or a connected app (`NOT_AVAILABLE`)

Example (application/problem+json):

```json
{
  "type": "https://switchfile.io/docs/api/v1#errors-not-available",
  "title": "Not available",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "NOT_AVAILABLE",
  "detail": "This endpoint is only available with your own API key or the switchfile app."
}
```

### 404: Does not exist for this account (`NOT_FOUND`)

Example (application/problem+json):

```json
{
  "type": "https://switchfile.io/docs/api/v1#errors-not-found",
  "title": "Not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "detail": "Not found."
}
```

### 422: Invalid data. errors names the fields (`INVALID_DATA`)

Example (application/problem+json):

```json
{
  "type": "https://switchfile.io/docs/api/v1#errors-invalid-data",
  "title": "Invalid data",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "INVALID_DATA",
  "detail": "The request contains invalid data.",
  "errors": {
    "to": [
      "Expected string"
    ]
  }
}
```

### 429: Too many requests or a daily quota is used up. See Retry-After (`RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`)

Example (application/problem+json):

```json
{
  "type": "https://switchfile.io/docs/api/v1#errors-rate-limit-exceeded",
  "title": "Rate limit exceeded",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "detail": "Too many requests. Try again in 12 seconds."
}
```

Error bodies and codes are explained in [Errors](https://switchfile.io/docs/errors).