# API: Can't delete host

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/api-cant-delete-host/5279>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/api-cant-delete-host/5279 "2017-01-20T21:55:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bacheson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/bacheson/32/2881_2.png) [@bacheson](https://forums.suse.com/u/bacheson)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/api-cant-delete-host/5279/1 "2017-01-20T21:55:04Z")

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I am able to grab a list of hosts, deactivate a host but cannot delete a host no matter what I try.

curl -X DELETE -u “{access\_key}:{secret\_key}” “[http://x.x.x.x/v2-beta/projects/1a5/hosts/1h1](http://x.x.x.x/v2-beta/projects/1a5/hosts/1h1)”

{“id”:“3c6b1e66-5307-4b6a-9353-c1118823a5c0”,“type”:“error”,“links”:{},“actions”:{},“status”:405,“code”:“Method not allowed”,“message”:“Method not allowed”,“detail”:null,“baseType”:“error”}

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**Author:** ![bacheson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/bacheson/32/2881_2.png) [@bacheson](https://forums.suse.com/u/bacheson)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/api-cant-delete-host/5279/2 "2017-01-20T22:58:04Z")

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it appears I was performing the delete too quickly after deactivating

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**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/api-cant-delete-host/5279/3 "2017-01-20T23:37:58Z")

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Yes, almost all actions are asynchronous and take some time to complete.