# DELETE: Delete a Router
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Deletes the specified router (identified by its internal router ID) and the associated inputs and outputs. To get the internal router ID of a specific router, see [GET: Get Router Attributes](set-up-routers-get-router-attributes.md).

## HTTP Request and Response
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### Request URL
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```
DELETE http://<Conductor IP address>/routers/<ID of router>
```

### Call Header
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+ Accept: Set to `application/xml`

If you are implementing user authentication, you must also include three authorization headers; see [Header Content for User Authentication](header-content-user.md).

## Example
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This request deletes the router with the ID 2. 

```
DELETE http://198.51.100.0/routers/2
```