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

# Redirect delete

## Function

The task _RedirectDelete_ deletes a redirect.

## Description

  

Route: DELETE /redirect/{source}  
There is no need to send a body.  

```
{
}
```

```
{
    "stid": "20190701-app2-dev-15498",
    "status": {
        "code": "S0503",
        "text": "Redirect has been deleted successfully.",
        "type": "SUCCESS"
    },
    "object": {
        "type": "Redirect",
        "value": "example.com"
    }
}
```

Task code: 0503  
Uses [Redirect](/en/api/core-redirect-object/) object

The following examples have a <`type`\> tag. This tag is optional. If it is omitted, the type is determined automatically. Note that domains are case-sensitive. Email addresses are converte to lower case by the system.

```
<request>
	<auth>
		<user>customer</user>
		<password>password</password>
		<context>4</context>
	</auth>
	<task>
		<code>0503</code>
		<redirect>
			<type>domain</type>
			<source>www.source-domain.de</source>
		</redirect>
	</task>
</request>
```

```
<response>
	<result>
		<status>
			<code>S0503</code>
			<text>Redirect has been deleted successfully. </text>
			<type>success</type>
		</status>
	</result>
</response>
```

```
<request>
	<auth>
		<user>customer</user>
		<password>password</password>
		<context>4</context>
	</auth>
	<task>
		<code>0503</code>
		<redirect>
			<type>email</type>
			<source>source@email-address.com</source>
		</redirect>
	</task>
</request>
```

```
<response>
	<result>
		<status>
			<code>S0503</code>
			<text>Redirect has been deleted successfully. </text>
			<type>success</type>
		</status>
	</result>
</response>
```