---
title: "DELETE /settings/{guid} - Settings · RUAL Documentation"
description: "DELETE: Delete a system setting"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/cluster/api/settings/settings--guid-delete
language: en
---

# DELETE /settings/{guid}

Delete a system setting

| Key | Type | Example | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **guid** required | `string` | `"example"` | Setting GUID |

| Key | Type | Example | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[authorization](https://docs.rual.nl/cluster/api#token-providing)** required | `string` | `"Bearer access_token"` | Access token |

```
{
  "guid": "a23575f49d0af385314c1f02280163374297e018a692e5e4ab85eb307ebf6ebc"
}
```

```
{
  "code": 401,
  "error": "INVALID_ACCESS_TOKEN"
}
```

| Status | Error Code | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `401` | `INVALID_ACCESS_TOKEN` | Authentication required or invalid token |
| `403` | `INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS` | Insufficient permissions for this operation |

| Permission | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `Bearer token` | Access token required via Authorization header, x-authtoken, x-token, query param, or cookie |
| `system_key_value_remove` | Required scope: system_key_value_remove |
| `setting_system_settings` | Additional permission check: setting_system_settings |