Delete an exception list
Delete an exception list using the id
or list_id
field.
Query parameters
-
Exception list's identifier. Either
id
orlist_id
must be specified.Minimum length is
1
. -
Human readable exception list string identifier, e.g.
trusted-linux-processes
. Eitherid
orlist_id
must be specified.Minimum length is
1
. -
Determines whether the exception container is available in all Kibana spaces or just the space in which it is created, where:
single
: Only available in the Kibana space in which it is created.agnostic
: Available in all Kibana spaces.
Values are
agnostic
orsingle
. Default value issingle
.
DELETE /api/exception_lists
curl \ --request DELETE 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/exception_lists' \ --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
{ "id": "9e5fc75a-a3da-46c5-96e3-a2ec59c6bb85", "name": "Sample Detection Exception List", "tags": [ "malware" ], "type": "detection", "list_id": "simple_list", "version": 1, "_version": "WzIsMV0=", "os_types": [ "linux" ], "immutable": false, "created_at": "2025-01-07T19:34:27.942Z", "created_by": "elastic", "updated_at": "2025-01-07T19:34:27.942Z", "updated_by": "elastic", "description": "This is a sample detection type exception list.", "namespace_type": "single", "tie_breaker_id": "78f1aca1-f8ee-4eb5-9ceb-f5c3ee656cb3" }
Response examples (400)
{ "error": "Bad Request", "message": "[request query]: namespace_type.0: Invalid enum value. Expected 'agnostic' | 'single', received 'blob'", "statusCode": 400 }
Response examples (401)
{ "error": "Unauthorized", "message": "[security_exception\\n\\tRoot causes:\\n\\t\\tsecurity_exception: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]]: unable to authenticate user [elastic] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]", "statusCode": 401 }
Response examples (403)
{ "error": "Forbidden", "message": "API [DELETE /api/exception_lists?list_id=simple_list&namespace_type=single] is unauthorized for user, this action is granted by the Kibana privileges [lists-all]", "statusCode": 403 }
Response examples (404)
{ "message": "exception list list_id: \"foo\" does not exist", "status_code": 404 }
Response examples (500)
{ "message": "Internal Server Error", "status_code": 500 }