This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Delete Veeam Backup & Replication License
You can delete a license installed on the Veeam Backup & Replication server with the specified UID.
Required Privileges
To perform this task, a user must have one of the following roles assigned: Portal Administrator, Service Provider Global Administrator, Service Provider Administrator.
Request
To delete a license installed on the Veeam Backup & Replication server, send the DELETE HTTP request to the URL of the /licensing/backupServers/{backupServerUid} resource. Additionally you must create a query string that contains type of license units that you want to delete..
HTTP Request
DELETE https://<hostname>:1280/api/v3/licensing/backupServers/{backupServerUid}?sectionForDelete=All |
Request Headers
The request contains the following headers.
Header | Required/Optional | Value | Description |
Authorization | Required | Bearer <Access-Token> | Authenticates a client who sends the request to the server. Must contain the access token for the current logon session in the Bearer <Access-Token> format. |
Accept | Optional | application/json | Specifies a media type of representation that is required in the response message. If the requested type is not supported, the server will return the response in the application/json media type. |
Request parameters
A list of parameters that are applicable for this operation:
Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
backupServerUid | Path | String (uuid) | Yes | — | Veeam Backup & Replication server UID |
sectionForDelete | Query | String Possible values:
| Yes | All | License section that must be deleted |
Response
The server returns the following response to the client.
Response Code
A successfully completed operation returns response code 200 OK.
Response Headers
The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.
Header | Description |
Content-length | The length of the response body. |
Content-type | The media type and syntax of the request body message: application/json; charset=utf-8 |
Example 
The following request deletes a Veeam Backup & Replication server license with UID 304c08c2-0d13-4e9d-b26b-0bd5add83b3b.
Request: DELETE https://localhost:1280/api/v3/licensing/backupServers/304c08c2-0d13-4e9d-b26b-0bd5add83b3b
Request Header: Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>
Response Code: 200 OK |