# Delete sandbox (/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/delete-sandbox)

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Related: [List sandboxes](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/list-sandboxes.md), [Create sandbox](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/create-sandbox.md), [List sandboxes (v2)](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/list-sandboxes-v2.md), [List sandbox metrics](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/list-sandbox-metrics.md), [Get sandbox logs](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/get-sandbox-logs.md), [Get sandbox logs (v2)](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/get-sandbox-logs-v2.md)

# Delete sandbox

`DELETE /sandboxes/{sandboxID}`

Kill a sandbox

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "security": [
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "sandboxID",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "204": {
      "description": "The sandbox was killed successfully"
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Authentication error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "Not found",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "description": "Server error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "required": [
              "code",
              "message"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "format": "int32",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```