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title: Delete alert rules
description: Remove alert rules to adjust monitoring criteria and thresholds.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/digital-end-user-experience-dex/delete-metric-rules.html
release: australia
product: Digital End-User Experience \(DEX\)
classification: digital-end-user-experience-dex
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [remove alert rules, alert rule deletion]
breadcrumb: [Alert rules, Configure, Digital End-User Experience, IT Service Management]
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# Delete alert rules

Remove alert rules to adjust monitoring criteria and thresholds.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_dex.admin

## About this task

Deleting any rules results in their permanent removal, and they can’t be retrieved.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Service Operations Workspace**.

2.  In the primary navigation pane, select the DEX Administration icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-administration.png"\] Alt text:\).

3.  Select **Configure** on the Alert rules card.

    The list of alert rules appears.

4.  Select the check box preceding the name of the alert rule to select it for deletion.

5.  Select **Delete**.

6.  In the confirmation window, select **Delete**.

    The alert rule is removed from the list.


**Parent Topic:**[Managing DEX alert rules](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/digital-end-user-experience-dex/dex-metrics-metric-rules-management.md)