# Delete a policy

**DELETE /api/v1/policies/{policy}**

Permanently deletes a policy. Deleting a policy immediately cancels the insurance coverage for the contractor. Any assignments with an effective date after the policy deletion date will also be cancelled.

## Servers
- Production server: https://api.1099policy.com (Production server)

## Parameters

### Path parameters

- **policy** (string)  
  The ID of the desired policy (e.g., `pl_WzFRszJhoY`).

## Responses
### 200
Returns an object with a deleted parameter on success. If the policy ID does not exist, this call returns an error.

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **deleted** (boolean)

- **deleted_at** (integer)  
  Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch) of when the policy was deleted.

- **id** (string)  
  The policy ID.

- **object** (string)