# Delete a shield rule

> Remove a rule. Mail it blocked starts arriving again.

`DELETE https://inboundr.net/api/v1/shield-rules/{id}`

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  The rule id (`gr_…`).
</ParamField>

Returns `204` with no body. The remaining rules keep their relative order.

<Note>
  Messages the rule already blocked stay gone — they were never stored. Their
  block records survive the rule's deletion (with the rule's name preserved), so
  the log of what a since-deleted rule caught remains readable.
</Note>