# Delete a version of a guardrail
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To learn how to delete a version of a guardrail, select one of the tabs below and follow the steps indicated:

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#### [ Console ]

If you no longer need a version, you can delete it with the following steps.

**To delete a version**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console with an IAM identity that has permissions to use the Amazon Bedrock console. Then, open the Amazon Bedrock console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock](https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock).

1. Choose **Guardrails** from the left navigation pane. Then, select a guardrail in the **Guardrails** section.

1. In the **Versions** section, select the version you want to delete and choose **Delete**.

1. A modal appears to warn you about resources that are dependent on this version of the guardrail. Disassociate the version from the resources before you delete to avoid errors.

1. Enter **delete** in the user input field and choose **Delete** to delete the guardrail version.

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#### [ API ]

To delete a version of a guardrail, send a [DeleteGuardrail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteGuardrail.html) request. Specify the ARN of the guardrail in the `guardrailIdentifier` field and the version in the `guardrailVersion` field.

The following is the request format:

```
DELETE /guardrails/{{guardrailIdentifier}}?guardrailVersion={{guardrailVersion}} HTTP/1.1
```

If the deletion is successful, the response returns an HTTP 200 status code.

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