openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: New Relic Event Alerts Channel API
  description: The New Relic Event API allows you to send custom event data to the New Relic platform via HTTP POST. Custom events submitted through this API can be queried and visualized using NRQL, making it suitable for tracking arbitrary business or application events. Each event is a JSON object with an eventType and any number of additional attribute key-value pairs.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: New Relic Support
    url: https://support.newrelic.com/
  termsOfService: https://newrelic.com/termsandconditions/terms
  x-last-validated: '2026-04-18'
servers:
- url: https://insights-collector.newrelic.com
  description: US Production
- url: https://insights-collector.eu01.nr-data.net
  description: EU Production
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Channel
paths:
  /alerts_channels/{channel_id}.json:
    delete:
      tags:
      - Channel
      summary: New Relic Delete Alerts Channels Channel
      description: '<strong>🔥 This endpoint will be deprecated after 2024/01 🔥</strong> New users should use <a href="https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/alerts-applied-intelligence/new-relic-alerts/advanced-alerts/alerts-nerdgraph/nerdgraph-api-examples/">these docs about managing alerts via NerdGraph.</a>


        <p>This API endpoint deletes Alerts notification channels.</p>


        <p>Note: <code>User</code> notification channels cannot be deleted.</p>


        <p>Note: <a href="https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/rest-api-v2/requirements/rest-api-key">Admin User’s API Key</a> is required.</p>


        <p>See our documentation for a discussion on <a href="https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/alerts/new-relic-alerts/rest-api-alerts/rest-api-calls-new-relic-alerts#channels-delete">deleting notification channels</a>.</p>


        '
      parameters:
      - name: channel_id
        in: path
        description: Channel ID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: No response was specified
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelResponse'
              examples:
                Deletealertschannelschannelid200Example:
                  summary: Default deleteAlertsChannelsChannelId 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    channel:
                      configuration: {}
                      id: {}
                      links: {}
                      name: {}
                      type: {}
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelResponse'
              examples:
                Deletealertschannelschannelid200Example:
                  summary: Default deleteAlertsChannelsChannelId 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    channel:
                      configuration: {}
                      id: {}
                      links: {}
                      name: {}
                      type: {}
      x-api-evangelist-processing:
        PascalCaseOperationSummaries: true
        CaselCaseOperationIds: true
        GenerateOperationSummariesFromPath: true
        ChooseTags: true
      operationId: deleteAlertsChannelsChannelId
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    ChannelResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        channel:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelResponseType'
    ChannelResponseType:
      type: object
      properties:
        configuration:
          type: object
          properties: {}
          example: {}
        id:
          type: integer
          example: 100
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelLinksResponse'
        name:
          type: string
          example: example-resource-01
        type:
          type: string
          example: standard
    ChannelLinksResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        policy_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          example:
          - 100
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Api-Key
      description: New Relic License Key or Ingest API Key
externalDocs:
  description: New Relic Event API Documentation
  url: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/data-apis/ingest-apis/event-api/introduction-event-api/