---
updatedAt: 2026-05-28T13:08:21.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/llms.txt
---

# Remove a reputation profile

__Kona Site Defender__, __App & API Protector with the Advanced Security module__ Delete a reputation profile. You can't delete a reputation profile that is actively in use. To delete the reputation profile, first activate an older configuration version or create a new version without that policy in place.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "externalDocs": {
    "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Application Security API",
    "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference"
  },
  "info": {
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    },
    "title": "Configuration settings",
    "version": "v1"
  },
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "paths": {
    "/configs/{configId}/versions/{versionNumber}/reputation-profiles/{reputationProfileId}": {
      "delete": {
        "description": "__Kona Site Defender__, __App & API Protector with the Advanced Security module__ Delete a reputation profile. You can't delete a reputation profile that is actively in use. To delete the reputation profile, first activate an older configuration version or create a new version without that policy in place.",
        "externalDocs": {
          "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Application Security API",
          "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/delete-reputation-profile"
        },
        "operationId": "delete-reputation-profile",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "description": "For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "accountSwitchKey",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "example": "1-5C0YLB:1-8BYUX",
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "204": {
            "content": {},
            "description": "Successfully deleted the reputation profile."
          },
          "403": {
            "content": {
              "application/problem+json": {
                "example": {
                  "detail": "You do not have the necessary access to perform this operation or the requested resource cannot be modified",
                  "instance": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/appsec/error-instances/d54686b5-21cb-4ab7-a8d6-a92282cf1749",
                  "status": 403,
                  "title": "Forbidden",
                  "type": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/appsec-resource/error-types/ACCESS-DENIED"
                },
                "schema": {
                  "additionalProperties": true,
                  "description": "Details the errors you can receive.",
                  "properties": {
                    "detail": {
                      "description": "The detailed error message.",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "fieldErrors": {
                      "description": "Pointers to fields for which invalid input was provided, whose values are messages detailing the reason this input was invalid for this field.",
                      "type": "object"
                    },
                    "instance": {
                      "description": "The non-referenceable URI that indicates the error instance.",
                      "example": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/api-definitions/error-instances/d54686b5-21cb-4ab7-a8d6-a92282cf1749",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "status": {
                      "description": "The HTTP status code.",
                      "example": 404,
                      "type": "integer"
                    },
                    "title": {
                      "description": "The error title.",
                      "example": "Not Found",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "type": {
                      "description": "The URL for the error type.",
                      "example": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/api-definitions/error-types/NOT-FOUND",
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "title",
                    "type",
                    "detail",
                    "instance",
                    "status"
                  ],
                  "type": "object",
                  "x-akamai": {
                    "file-path": "schemas/problem-details.yaml"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "[Forbidden](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/403). You don't have access to reputation profile in this security configuration.",
            "x-akamai": {
              "file-path": "errors/403.yaml"
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "content": {
              "application/problem+json": {
                "example": {
                  "detail": "The requested resource is not found",
                  "instance": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/appsec/error-instances/d54686b5-21cb-4ab7-a8d6-a92282cf1749",
                  "status": 404,
                  "title": "Not Found",
                  "type": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/appsec/error-types/NOT-FOUND"
                },
                "schema": {
                  "additionalProperties": true,
                  "description": "Details the errors you can receive.",
                  "properties": {
                    "detail": {
                      "description": "The detailed error message.",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "fieldErrors": {
                      "description": "Pointers to fields for which invalid input was provided, whose values are messages detailing the reason this input was invalid for this field.",
                      "type": "object"
                    },
                    "instance": {
                      "description": "The non-referenceable URI that indicates the error instance.",
                      "example": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/api-definitions/error-instances/d54686b5-21cb-4ab7-a8d6-a92282cf1749",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "status": {
                      "description": "The HTTP status code.",
                      "example": 404,
                      "type": "integer"
                    },
                    "title": {
                      "description": "The error title.",
                      "example": "Not Found",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "type": {
                      "description": "The URL for the error type.",
                      "example": "https://problems.luna.akamaiapis.net/api-definitions/error-types/NOT-FOUND",
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "title",
                    "type",
                    "detail",
                    "instance",
                    "status"
                  ],
                  "type": "object",
                  "x-akamai": {
                    "file-path": "schemas/problem-details.yaml"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "[Not found](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/404). Security configuration version or reputation profile wasn't found.",
            "x-akamai": {
              "file-path": "errors/404.yaml"
            }
          }
        },
        "summary": "Remove a reputation profile",
        "tags": [
          "Shared resources: Reputation profiles"
        ],
        "x-akamai": {
          "labels": [
            "Kona Site Defender",
            "App & API Protector with the Advanced Security module"
          ]
        }
      },
      "parameters": [
        {
          "description": "A unique identifier for each configuration.",
          "in": "path",
          "name": "configId",
          "required": true,
          "schema": {
            "example": 77653,
            "format": "int64",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "x-akamai": {
            "file-path": "parameters/config-id-path.yaml"
          }
        },
        {
          "description": "A unique identifier for each version of a configuration.",
          "in": "path",
          "name": "versionNumber",
          "required": true,
          "schema": {
            "example": 25,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "x-akamai": {
            "file-path": "parameters/version-number-path.yaml"
          }
        },
        {
          "description": "A unique identifier for each reputation profile.",
          "in": "path",
          "name": "reputationProfileId",
          "required": true,
          "schema": {
            "example": 112231,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "x-akamai": {
            "file-path": "parameters/reputation-profile-id-path.yaml"
          }
        }
      ],
      "x-akamai": {
        "file-path": "paths/config-reputation-profile.yaml",
        "path-info": "/configs/{configId}/versions/{versionNumber}/reputation-profiles/{reputationProfileId}"
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{hostname}/appsec/v1"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "description": "Manage your reputation profiles.  Reputation protections identify potentially malicious IP addresses, scoring them based on prior interactions with other Akamai customers.",
      "name": "Shared resources: Reputation profiles"
    }
  ],
  "x-akamai": {
    "auth-type": "EDGE_GRID",
    "file-path": "01-configuration.yaml"
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "samples-languages": [
      "curl",
      "python",
      "node"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Sibling pages

* [Create a reputation profile](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/post-reputation-profiles.md)
* [List reputation profiles](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/get-reputation-profiles.md)
* [Get a reputation profile](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/get-reputation-profile.md)
* [Modify a reputation profile](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/put-reputation-profile.md)