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# Delete a metadata cascade policy

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A metadata cascade policy can be deleted by calling the
<Link href="/reference/delete-metadata-cascade-policies-id">`DELETE /metadata_cascade_policies/:id`</Link> API endpoint with the
`id` of the policy to remove.

<CodeGroup>
  ```sh cURL theme={null}
  curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/metadata_cascade_policies/324324" \
       -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
  ```

  ```typescript Node/TypeScript v10 theme={null}
  await client.metadataCascadePolicies.deleteMetadataCascadePolicyById(
    cascadePolicyId,
  );
  ```

  ```python Python v10 theme={null}
  client.metadata_cascade_policies.delete_metadata_cascade_policy_by_id(cascade_policy_id)
  ```

  ```csharp .NET v10 theme={null}
  await client.MetadataCascadePolicies.DeleteMetadataCascadePolicyByIdAsync(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId);
  ```

  ```swift Swift v10 theme={null}
  try await client.metadataCascadePolicies.deleteMetadataCascadePolicyById(metadataCascadePolicyId: cascadePolicyId)
  ```

  ```java Java v10 theme={null}
  client.getMetadataCascadePolicies().deleteMetadataCascadePolicyById(cascadePolicyId)
  ```

  ```java Java v5 theme={null}
  String cascadePolicyID = "e4392a41-7de5-4232-bdf7-15e0d6bba067";
  BoxMetadataCascadePolicy policyToDelete = new BoxMetadataCascadePolicy(api, cascadePolicyID);
  policyToDelete.delete();
  ```

  ```py Python v4 theme={null}
  client.metadata_cascade_policy(policy_id='84113349-794d-445c-b93c-d8481b223434').delete()
  print('Cascade policy successfully removed')
  ```

  ```js Node v4 theme={null}
  var policyID = '84113349-794d-445c-b93c-d8481b223434';
  client.metadata.deleteCascadePolicy(policyID)
   .then(() => {
    // deletion succeeded — no value returned
   });
  ```
</CodeGroup>

<Info>
  To get the `id` of the policy,
  <Link href="/guides/metadata/cascades/list">list all policies</Link> for the folder.
</Info>

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{ label: translate("Remove metadata cascade policy"), href: "/reference/delete-metadata-cascade-policies-id", badge: "DELETE" }
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  title="RELATED GUIDES"
  items={[
{ label: translate("List metadata cascade policies"), href: "/guides/metadata/cascades/list", badge: "GUIDE" },
{ label: translate("Create a metadata cascade policy"), href: "/guides/metadata/cascades/create", badge: "GUIDE" }
]}
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