---
type: api
title: Security Elastic Endpoint exceptions
description: Endpoint Exceptions API allows you to manage detection rule endpoint exceptions to prevent a rule from generating an alert from incoming events even when the rule's other criteria are met.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/group/endpoint-security-endpoint-exceptions-api
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/group/endpoint-security-endpoint-exceptions-api
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Security Elastic Endpoint exceptions

`Security Endpoint Exceptions API`

Endpoint Exceptions API allows you to manage detection rule endpoint exceptions to prevent a rule from generating an alert from incoming events even when the rule's other criteria are met.

- [Create an Elastic Endpoint rule exception list](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-createendpointlist): `POST` `/api/endpoint_list`
- [Delete an Elastic Endpoint exception list item](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-deleteendpointlistitem): `DELETE` `/api/endpoint_list/items`
- [Get an Elastic Endpoint rule exception list item](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-readendpointlistitem): `GET` `/api/endpoint_list/items`
- [Create an Elastic Endpoint rule exception list item](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-createendpointlistitem): `POST` `/api/endpoint_list/items`
- [Update an Elastic Endpoint rule exception list item](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-updateendpointlistitem): `PUT` `/api/endpoint_list/items`
- [Get Elastic Endpoint exception list items](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-findendpointlistitems): `GET` `/api/endpoint_list/items/_find`