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# Delete a Field

`DELETE https://api.pagerduty.com/incidents/custom_fields/{field_id}`

**Deprecated.**

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> ### Deprecated
> This endpoint is deprecated and only works for fields on the Base Incident Type. \
> For more flexibility, we recommend using the Incident Types endpoint: \
> [/incidents/types/{type_id_or_name}/custom_fields/{field_id}](https://docs.pagerduty.com/developer/api/reference/rest/incident-types/delete-incident-type-custom-field)

Delete a Custom Field from the Base Incident Type.

Scoped OAuth requires: `custom_fields.write`

## Authorization

- **api_key** (apiKey) — `Authorization` header. The API Key with format `Token token=<API_KEY>`

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `field_id` | string | yes | The ID of the field. |

## Response 204

The field was deleted successfully.

## Response 400

Caller provided invalid arguments. Please review the response for error details. Retrying with the same arguments will *not* work.

### `application/json`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `error` | object |  |  |
| `error.code` | integer |  | Read-only. |
| `error.message` | string |  | Error message string. Read-only. |
| `error.errors` | array of string |  | Read-only. |

## Response 403

Caller is not authorized to view the requested resource.
While your authentication is valid, the authenticated user or token does not have permission to perform this action.

### `application/json`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `error` | object |  |  |
| `error.code` | integer |  | Read-only. |
| `error.message` | string |  | Error message string. Read-only. |
| `error.errors` | array of string |  | Read-only. |

## Response 404

The requested resource was not found.

### `application/json`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `error` | object |  |  |
| `error.code` | integer |  | Read-only. |
| `error.message` | string |  | Error message string. Read-only. |
| `error.errors` | array of string |  | Read-only. |

## Response 500

Internal Server Error the PagerDuty server experienced an error.

### `application/json`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `error` | object |  |  |
| `error.code` | integer |  | Read-only. |
| `error.message` | string |  | Error message string. Read-only. |
| `error.errors` | array of string |  | Read-only. |

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