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title: Delete Tenant Custom Nameserver
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# Delete Tenant Custom Nameserver

DELETE/tenants/{tenant\_tag}/custom\_ns/{custom\_ns\_id}

Deletes a tenant’s custom nameserver.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

##### Path ParametersExpand Collapse 

tenant\_tag: string

Tenant identifier tag.

maxLength32

custom\_ns\_id: string

The FQDN of the name server.

formathostname

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional array of string

result\_info: optional object { count, page, per\_page, 2 more } 

count: optional number

Total number of results for the requested service.

page: optional number

Current page within paginated list of results.

per\_page: optional number

Number of results per page of results.

total\_count: optional number

Total results available without any search parameters.

total\_pages: optional number

The number of total pages in the entire result set.

### Delete Tenant Custom Nameserver

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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/tenants/$TENANT_TAG/custom_ns/$CUSTOM_NS_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": [],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000,
    "total_pages": 100
  }
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": [],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000,
    "total_pages": 100
  }
}
```