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# Delete an incident

<mark style="color:$danger;">`DELETE`</mark> `https://isdown.app/api/v2/incidents/:id`

### Path parameters

| Parameter | Type    | Required | Description     |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | --------------- |
| `id`      | integer | Yes      | The incident ID |

### Example request

```bash
curl -X DELETE https://api.isdown.app/api/v2/incidents/55001 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Notes

* Deleting an incident updates the service status on any linked status pages
* This action cannot be undone