# DeleteCidr

## 1. API Description

This API (DeleteCidr) is used to delete a CIDR block.

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**Note**

* If there are allocated elastic IPs under the CIDR block, the CIDR block cannot be deleted.
* For regular accounts, once a CIDR block is deleted, the resource will be immediately reclaimed. This operation is irreversible.
  {% endhint %}

## 2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters.

| Parameter Name | Required | Type   | Description |
| -------------- | -------- | ------ | ----------- |
| cidrId         | Yes      | String | CIDR ID.    |

## 3. Output Parameters

| Parameter Name | Type   | Description                                                                                                           |
| -------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| requestId      | String | <p>The unique request ID, which is returned for each request.</p><p>RequestId is required for locating a problem.</p> |

## 4. Code Example

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**Delete a CIDR block.**

<pre class="language-json"><code class="lang-json"><strong>POST /api/v2/zec HTTP/1.1
</strong>Host: console.zenlayer.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-ZC-Action: DeleteCidr


Request:
{
  "cidrId": "xxx"
}

Response:
{
  "requestId": "TBFC01FCF-6439-4530-ADBC-16809F0C3E8F",
  "response": {
    "requestId": "TBFC01FCF-6439-4530-ADBC-16809F0C3E8F"
  }
}
</code></pre>

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## 5. Developer Resources

Zenlayer Cloud API 2.0 integrates [SDKs](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/api-introduction/toolkit/api-sdk)，to make it easier for you to call APIs. More programming languages will be supported.

## 6. Error Codes

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see [Common Error Codes](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/api-introduction/instruction/commonerrorcode).

| HTTP Status Code | Error Code                                 | Description                                                       |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 404              | INVALID\_CIDR\_NOT\_FOUND                  | CIDR block not found.                                             |
| 400              | OPERATION\_DENIED\_CIDR\_HAS\_IP\_IN\_USED | There are allocated IPs in the CIDR block, operation not allowed. |