# Delete Automation Step

> DELETE /automations/:id/steps/:stepId — remove a step from a disabled automation.

`DELETE /automations/:id/steps/:stepId`

Removes a single step from an automation. The automation must be **disabled** — deleting steps from an enabled automation is not allowed because it would change the graph for in-flight runs. [Stop](https://www.mailblastr.com/docs/api/automations-stop) or disable the automation first, then delete the step.

**Path parameters**

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Yes | The ID of the automation that owns the step. |
| `stepId` | string | Yes | The ID of the step to delete. |

**Node.js**

```js
import { MailBlastr } from 'mailblastr';

const mb = new MailBlastr('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

const { data, error } = await mb.automations.deleteStep('c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd', '9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d');
console.log({ data, error });
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
require "mailblastr"

Mailblastr.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

Mailblastr::Automations.delete_step("c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd", "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d")
```

**PHP**

```php
$mailblastr = Mailblastr::client('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

$mailblastr->automations->deleteStep('c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd', '9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d');
```

**Python**

```python
import mailblastr

mailblastr.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

mailblastr.Automations.delete_step("c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd", "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d")
```

**Go**

```go
package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.mailblastr.com/automations/c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd/steps/9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx")
    res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer res.Body.Close()
    out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(out))
}
```

**Rust**

```rust
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = Client::new()
        .delete("https://api.mailblastr.com/automations/c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd/steps/9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d")
        .header("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx")
        .send()
        .await?;
    println!("{}", res.text().await?);
    Ok(())
}
```

**Java**

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.mailblastr.com/automations/c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd/steps/9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx")
    .method("DELETE", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
```

**.NET**

```csharp
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Delete, "https://api.mailblastr.com/automations/c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd/steps/9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d");
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx");
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X DELETE 'https://api.mailblastr.com/automations/c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd/steps/9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx'
```

**CLI**

```bash
mailblastr automations delete-step c9b16d4f-ba6c-4e2e-b044-6bf4404e57fd 9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d
```

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3a2b-1c0d-9e8f7a6b5c4d",
  "deleted": true
}
```