---
type: api
title: Delete a monitor
description: Delete a monitor from the Synthetics app.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-delete-synthetic-monitor
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-delete-synthetic-monitor
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Delete a monitor

Authentication: required

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `DELETE` `/api/synthetics/monitors/{id}`

#### Path parameters

- `id` (string) — required
  The identifier for the monitor that you want to delete.

## Description

Delete a monitor from the Synthetics app.
You must have `all` privileges for the Synthetics feature in the Observability section of the Kibana feature privileges.

## Response

OK

## Code examples

#### Console

```console
DELETE kbn:/api/synthetics/monitors/ID
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X DELETE "${KIBANA_URL}/api/synthetics/monitors/${ID}" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"
```