---
title: "Certificate delete"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/core-certificate-delete/"
lang: "en"
section: "API reference — API reference (XML/JSON)"
breadcrumb: "API documentation (JSON/XML) > Tasks > SSL tasks"
updated: "2023-09-18"
---

# Certificate delete

## Function

The _CertificateDelete_ task allows you to initiate the deletion process for a certificate. If the request is successfully accepted by the system, a new job is created which initiates the deletion of the certificate. As an answer, the ID of the created job is returned.

In contrast to the _CertificateRevoke_ task, _CertificateDelete_ completely deletes the certificate and does not just delete specific serial numbers.

## Description

Route: DELETE /certificate/{id}  
There is no need to send a body.  

```
{
}
```

```
{
   "stid": "20190628-app3-dev-11494",
   "status": {
      "code": "N400103",
      "text": "Certificate cancelation could be started successfully.",
      "type": "NOTIFY"
   },
   "object": {
      "type": "Certificate",
      "value": "example.com"
   },
   "data": [
      {
         "id": 4297540441
      }
   ]
}
```

Task number: 400103  
Uses [Certificate](/en/api/core-certificate-object/) object

```
<request>
    <auth>
        <user>USER</user>
        <password>PASSWORD</password>
        <context>CONTEXT</context>
    </auth>
    <task>
        <code>400103</code>
        <certificate>
            <id>100</id>
        </certificate>
    </task>
</request>
```

```
<response>
    <result>
        <data>
            <certificate_job>
                <job>
                    <id>8927477</id>
                    <status>RUNNING</status>
                </job>
            </certificate_job>
        </data>
        <status>
            <code>N400103</code>
            <text>Certificate cancelation could be started successfully.</text>
            <type>notify</type>
            <object>
                <type>certificate</type>
                <value>example.com</value>
            </object>
        </status>
    </result>
</response>
```