zulip/templates/zerver/api/delete-queue.md

# Delete a queue

Delete a previously registered queue.

`DELETE {{ api_url }}/v1/events`

## Usage examples
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<li data-language="python">Python</li>
<li data-language="javascript">JavaScript</li>
<li data-language="curl">curl</li>
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```
curl -X "DELETE" {{ api_url }}/v1/events \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
    -d 'queue_id=1515096410:1'
```

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{generate_code_example(python)|/events:delete|example}

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More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js).
```js
const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Register a queue
    const queueParams = {
        event_types: ['message']
    };
    client.queues.register(queueParams).then((res) => {
        // Delete a queue
        const deregisterParams = {
            queue_id: res.queue_id,
        };
        client.queues.deregister(deregisterParams).then(console.log);
    });
});

```
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## Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/events:delete}

## Response

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/events:delete|fixture(200)}

A typical JSON response for when the `queue_id` is non-existent or the
associated queue has already been deleted:

{generate_code_example|/events:delete|fixture(400)}