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updatedAt: 2026-06-04T14:00:57.000Z
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# Delete an IdP directory

Deletes an existing IdP directory.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "externalDocs": {
    "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Enterprise Application Access API",
    "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference"
  },
  "info": {
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    },
    "title": "Identity providers (IDPs)",
    "version": "v1"
  },
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "paths": {
    "/mgmt-pop/idpdirectory/{idpdirectory_id}": {
      "delete": {
        "description": "Deletes an existing IdP directory.",
        "externalDocs": {
          "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Enterprise Application Access API",
          "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/delete-idp-directory"
        },
        "operationId": "delete-idp-directory",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "description": "The Akamai contract identifier for your Enterprise Application Access product.",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "contractId",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "example": "K-0N7RAK7",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "x-akamai": {
              "file-path": "parameters/contract-id-query.yaml"
            }
          },
          {
            "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": "Successful operation."
          }
        },
        "summary": "Delete an IdP directory",
        "tags": [
          "IdP directories"
        ]
      },
      "parameters": [
        {
          "description": "A unique identifier for each IdP directory.",
          "in": "path",
          "name": "idpdirectory_id",
          "required": true,
          "schema": {
            "example": "xz_Hq325SNeSno6Wss9Phg",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "x-akamai": {
            "file-path": "parameters/idpdirectory-id-path.yaml"
          }
        }
      ],
      "x-akamai": {
        "file-path": "paths/idp-directory.yaml",
        "path-info": "/mgmt-pop/idpdirectory/{idpdirectory_id}"
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{hostname}/crux/v1"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "description": "Manage identity provider directories.",
      "name": "IdP directories"
    }
  ],
  "x-akamai": {
    "auth-type": "EDGE_GRID",
    "file-path": "01-idp.yaml"
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "samples-languages": [
      "curl",
      "python",
      "node"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Sibling pages

* [Create an IdP directory](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/post-idp-directory-1.md)
* [List IdP directories](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/get-idp-directories-1.md)
* [Get an IdP directory](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/get-idp-directory-1.md)
* [Modify an IdP directory](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/put-idp-directory-1.md)