---
title: "Zeo Route Planner API - Delete Route | Fleet Management & Route Optimization API"
author: Zeo Route Planner Team
description:“Delete a specific route from your system when it’s outdated or not needed anymore.”
tags: [API documentation, delete route, fleet management, route optimization, route management, Zeo]
url: https://api.zeorouteplanner.com/delete-route.html
canonical_url: https://api.zeorouteplanner.com/delete-route.html
layout: page
---
# Delete Route API Endpoint

**API Docs / Store Owner Api's / Delete Route**

This endpoint deletes the route. As instructed by the user, include the driver_id and route-id query parameters; the particular driver is removed.

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#### HTTP Request

**DELETE** `{{base_url}}/api/v5/routes/:route_id`

#### Query Parameters

| Parameter | Default | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------------|
| `api_key` | `""` | Api Access key |
| `route_id` | `""` | Route id we get from route list |
| `driver_id` | `""` | Driver Id of the route |

## Sample Request

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```bash
curl --location -g --request DELETE '{{base_url}}/api/v5/routes/:route_id' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
     "api_key"  :   "api_key",
     "driver_id": 44968
  }'
```

## Response

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

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```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "status": true,
  "message": "Route deleted successfully"
}
```