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Remove legal hold policy

delete
https://api.box.com/2.0
/legal_hold_policies/:legal_hold_policy_id

Delete an existing legal hold policy.

This is an asynchronous process. The policy will not be fully deleted yet when the response returns.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

Response

none

A blank response is returned if the policy was successfully deleted.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

delete
Remove legal hold policy
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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/legal_hold_policies/324432" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.legalHoldPolicies.deleteLegalHoldPolicyById(legalHoldPolicy.id);
Python Gen
client.legal_hold_policies.delete_legal_hold_policy_by_id(legal_hold_policy.id)
.NET Gen
await client.LegalHoldPolicies.DeleteLegalHoldPolicyByIdAsync(legalHoldPolicyId: legalHoldPolicy.Id);
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.legalHoldPolicies.deleteLegalHoldPolicyById(legalHoldPolicyId: legalHoldPolicy.id)
Java
BoxLegalHoldPolicy policy = new BoxLegalHoldPolicy(api, id);
policy.delete();
Python
client.legal_hold_policy(policy_id='12345').delete()
print('Legal hold policy was deleted!')
.NET
await client.LegalHoldPoliciesManager.DeleteLegalHoldPolicyAsync("11111");
Node
client.legalHoldPolicies.delete('11111')
	.then(() => {
		// deletion started — no value returned	
	});
iOS
client.legalHolds.delete() { result: Result<Void, BoxSDKError>} in
    guard case .success = result else {
        print("Error deleting legal hold policy")
        return
    }
    print("Legal hold policy successfully deleted")
}