> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delete an Agent Gateway > Deletes an Agent Gateway instance in any status. The response shows it `deleting`; repeating the request answers the same until the instance is gone, and then `404`. The instance's engine and everything stored on it are removed. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/source/external/agent-gateway/agent-gateway.json delete /agent_gateways/{instance_id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: version: 1.0.0 title: Telnyx API x-latency-category: interactive x-endpoint-cost: light description: >- Agent Gateway authenticates, authorizes, and audits the requests agents send to models, tools, and other agents. Each gateway runs as a dedicated instance on the account's [*Network*](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/network/overview). This API creates, lists, and deletes instances, and manages the keys, teams, spend logs, MCP servers, APIs, tool permissions, and guardrails on them. Each instance serves an OpenAI-compatible API at its `gateway_url`. servers: - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2 description: Telnyx API v2 security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Agent Gateways description: Create, list, retrieve, and delete Agent Gateway instances. - name: Agent Gateway Keys description: Keys on an instance. - name: Agent Gateway Teams description: 'Teams on an instance: shared model lists, budgets, and rate limits.' - name: Agent Gateway Spend Logs description: The requests an instance served, with their cost. - name: Agent Gateway MCP Servers description: MCP servers on an instance, served to agents at one MCP endpoint. - name: Agent Gateway APIs description: REST APIs on an instance, served to agents as tools. - name: Agent Gateway Tool Permissions description: The MCP servers and tools a key or team may use. - name: Agent Gateway Guardrails description: Checks an instance runs on model and tool requests. - name: Agent Gateway Policies description: Named sets of guardrails an instance applies to requests. - name: Agent Gateway Policy Attachments description: Where an instance applies each policy. paths: /agent_gateways/{instance_id}: delete: tags: - Agent Gateways summary: Delete an Agent Gateway description: >- Deletes an Agent Gateway instance in any status. The response shows it `deleting`; repeating the request answers the same until the instance is gone, and then `404`. The instance's engine and everything stored on it are removed. operationId: DeleteAgentGateway parameters: - name: instance_id in: path required: true description: The Agent Gateway's `id`. schema: type: string format: uuid example: ecffdf4b-93ea-4a7b-8295-51dfd2077996 responses: '200': description: The instance, `deleting` content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentGatewayResponse' example: data: id: ecffdf4b-93ea-4a7b-8295-51dfd2077996 name: support-gw engine: litellm engine_version: v1.105.1 status: deleting gateway_url: http://172.27.0.3:4000 wireguard_interface_id: c788eb40-a4c0-4bf5-8f84-976027960f8e network_id: 7ade8c3c-95a7-447b-92f2-c829f760159c created_at: '2026-10-21T19:32:48.377714Z' '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxErrors' example: errors: - code: '10009' title: Authentication failed detail: >- The required authentication headers were either invalid or not included in the request. meta: url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10009 '404': description: Not found content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxErrors' example: errors: - code: '10005' title: Resource not found detail: The requested resource or URL could not be found. meta: url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10005 components: schemas: AgentGatewayResponse: type: object required: - data properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentGateway' TelnyxErrors: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelnyxError' AgentGateway: type: object description: An Agent Gateway instance on a WireGuard Interface. required: - id - name - engine - engine_version - status - gateway_url - wireguard_interface_id - network_id - created_at properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Identifies the instance. name: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: A label for people; `null` when none was given. engine: type: string const: litellm description: The gateway engine. engine_version: type: string description: The engine version the instance runs. status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentGatewayStatus' gateway_url: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: >- The base URL of the instance's API, `http://
:4000`, where the address is the instance's peer address on the WireGuard Interface. Reachable only from hosts on the instance's *Network*, and every request to it carries a key from this API. `null` until the instance is `ready`. wireguard_interface_id: anyOf: - type: string format: uuid - type: 'null' description: The WireGuard Interface the instance joins as a peer. network_id: anyOf: - type: string format: uuid - type: 'null' description: >- The [*Network*](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/network/overview) the WireGuard Interface belongs to. created_at: type: string format: date-time description: When the instance was created. TelnyxError: type: object properties: code: type: string title: type: string detail: type: string source: type: object properties: pointer: type: string parameter: type: string meta: type: object properties: url: type: string AgentGatewayStatus: type: string enum: - pending - provisioning - ready - failed - deleting description: >- Where the instance is in its lifecycle. `pending`: created and waiting to start. `provisioning`: starting. `ready`: running, with its `gateway_url` set. `failed`: did not start in time; delete it. `deleting`: being removed. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: Telnyx API key ````