# Delete a managed connection

**DELETE** `/api/embed/v1/accounts/{accountId}/connections/{connectionKey}`

Deletes a connection you manage. Refused while a live workflow uses it.

Needs a partner key: `Authorization: Bearer gre_…`, from [Platform › Partner keys](https://docs.gorunner.io/embed/platform-screens#partner-keys). Call it from your server only.

Embed · Self-hosted with an Embed license

## Parameters

### Path

- `accountId` · Required · string: Your ID for the customer’s account: 1 to 255 bytes of UTF-8, case-sensitive. URL-encode it: it may contain `/`.
- `connectionKey` · Required · string: Your key for the connection: 1 to 255 bytes, unique in its workspace. URL-encode it.

### Query

- `workspaceId` · Optional · string: The workspace, by your ID. Left out: the default workspace.

Request

**curl**

```bash
GORUNNER="https://automations.example.com"
GORUNNER_EMBED_KEY="YOUR_PARTNER_KEY"  # gre_…
ACCOUNT_ID="acct-bakery"
CONNECTION_KEY="sheets-main"

URL="$GORUNNER/api/embed/v1/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/"
URL="${URL}connections/$CONNECTION_KEY"
curl -X DELETE "$URL" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GORUNNER_EMBED_KEY"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const GORUNNER = "https://automations.example.com";
const KEY = process.env.GORUNNER_EMBED_KEY; // gre_…
const ACCOUNT_ID = encodeURIComponent("acct-bakery");
const CONNECTION_KEY = encodeURIComponent("sheets-main");

const res = await fetch(
  `${GORUNNER}/api/embed/v1/accounts/` +
    `${ACCOUNT_ID}/connections/${CONNECTION_KEY}`,
  {
    method: "DELETE",
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${KEY}` },
  },
);
console.log(res.status); // 204
```

**Python**

```python
import os, requests
from urllib.parse import quote

GORUNNER = "https://automations.example.com"
KEY = os.environ["GORUNNER_EMBED_KEY"]  # gre_…
ACCOUNT_ID = quote("acct-bakery", safe="")
CONNECTION_KEY = quote("sheets-main", safe="")

res = requests.delete(
    f"{GORUNNER}/api/embed/v1/accounts/"
    f"{ACCOUNT_ID}/connections/{CONNECTION_KEY}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}"},
)
print(res.status_code)  # 204
```

Response · 204 No Content

```http
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
```

## Responses

- 204 No Content

  Deleted.

- 400 `VALIDATION_ERROR`

  A parameter isn’t valid. `details.field` names it.

- 404 `NOT_FOUND`

  No such account, workspace or connection key.

- 409 `CONFLICT`

  A live workflow still uses it: `details.workflows` lists them. Disable or change those first.

- 409 `ACCOUNT_DELETED`

  The account is deleted. Restore it first, within 30 days.

- 500 `INTERNAL_ERROR`

  Something failed on the installation’s side. Try again.

Any call can also answer: [`401 UNAUTHORIZED`](https://docs.gorunner.io/errors#UNAUTHORIZED) · [`403 EMBED_NOT_LICENSED`](https://docs.gorunner.io/errors#EMBED_NOT_LICENSED) · [`403 IP_NOT_ALLOWED`](https://docs.gorunner.io/errors#IP_NOT_ALLOWED) · [`429 RATE_LIMITED`](https://docs.gorunner.io/errors#RATE_LIMITED) · [`503 BUSY`](https://docs.gorunner.io/errors#BUSY). See [Errors](https://docs.gorunner.io/embed/api#errors).

Response · 409 Conflict

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "CONFLICT",
    "message": "…",
    "details": {
      "workflows": [
        "3b1e5c2a-7d4f-4e8b-a1c6-5f2d9b0e7a31"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

**Every field**

It takes no body.

204 No Content: no body.

Related: [Disable a workflow](https://docs.gorunner.io/embed/api/workflows/disable-workflow) · [List connections](https://docs.gorunner.io/embed/api/connections/list-connections)

Source: https://docs.gorunner.io/embed/api/connections/delete-connection