---
title: Delete Population
description: You can perform a DELETE operation on the population resource to remove it from the environment. A population can only be deleted if it does not have any associated users and it is not the default population.
component: pingone-api
page_id: pingone-api:platform:populations/delete-population
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/platform/populations/delete-population.html
section_ids:
  headers: Headers
  example-request: Example Request
  example-response: Example Response
---

# Delete Population

##

```none
DELETE {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}
```

You can perform a `DELETE` operation on the population resource to remove it from the environment. A population can only be deleted if it does not have any associated users and it is not the default population.

You can verify that the population resource is empty and not set as the default environment by calling `GET {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{populationID}}` to view the `userCount` and `default` values.

The sample shows the `DELETE {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{populationID}}` operation to delete the empty population from the specified environment.

When successful, the `DELETE` request returns a code `204 No Content` message.

### Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

##

### Example Request

* cURL

* C#

* Go

* HTTP

* Java

* jQuery

* NodeJS

* Python

* PHP

* Ruby

* Swift

```shell
curl --location --globoff --request DELETE '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}'
```

```csharp
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Delete);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
```

```golang
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}"
  method := "DELETE"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```http
DELETE /v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}} HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}")
  .method("DELETE", body)
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```javascript
var settings = {
  "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}",
  "method": "DELETE",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'DELETE',
  'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}',
  'headers': {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  }
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
```

```python
import requests

url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}"

payload = {}
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

```php
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_DELETE);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```swift
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/populations/{{popID}}")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "DELETE"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()
```

### Example Response

204 No Content