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updatedAt: 2026-05-27T12:48:47.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/llms.txt
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# Delete Audit Scope

Use this API to delete an existing control or control implementation from the scope of an audit.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Tech Risk & Compliance - Audit Management",
    "description": "The Audit Management API provides comprehensive REST endpoints for managing enterprise audits, workpapers, and compliance assessments with OAuth2 security and advanced filtering capabilities.",
    "version": "1.0",
    "contact": {
      "name": "OneTrust Support",
      "url": "https://my.onetrust.com/s/contactsupport"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{hostname}",
      "variables": {
        "hostname": {
          "default": "hostname",
          "description": "The OneTrust hostname such as app.onetrust.com, app-eu.onetrust.com, app-de.onetrust.com, app-uk.onetrust.com, app-apac.onetrust.com, trial.onetrust.com, or uat.onetrust.com."
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Audits",
      "description": "APIs to manage the complete audit lifecycle including creation, updates, deletion, scope assignment, and retrieval with support for approvers, auditors, and custom attributes.",
      "externalDocs": {
        "description": "OpenAPI 3.1.0 - Download Definition",
        "url": "https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/openapi/tech-risk-compliance-audit-management.json"
      }
    }
  ],
  "x-onetrust": {
    "spec-label": "OpenAPI 3.1.0",
    "links": [
      "{'Audit Management Knowledge Base': 'https://my.onetrust.com/s/topic/0TO1Q000000bHfvWAE/audit-management'}"
    ]
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "proxy-enabled": false,
    "metrics-enabled": false
  },
  "paths": {
    "/api/audit-management/v1/audit-scopes/{scopeId}": {
      "delete": {
        "operationId": "deleteScopeUsingDELETE",
        "summary": "Delete Audit Scope",
        "description": "Use this API to delete an existing control or control implementation from the scope of an audit.",
        "tags": [
          "Audits"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "scopeId",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Scope identifier (UUID)",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid",
              "example": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "deleteFinding",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Boolean which determines if associated findings should be deleted. If TRUE, findings associated with the scope will be deleted. If FALSE, findings will have that relationship removed but still be available.",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "example": true,
              "default": true
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "204": {
            "description": "No Content - Scope successfully deleted"
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request"
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized"
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden"
          },
          "429": {
            "description": "Too Many Requests. \nFor more information, see [API Rate Limits](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/rate-limits-overview).",
            "headers": {
              "Retry-After": {
                "schema": {
                  "description": "The number of seconds after which requests will be allowed again.",
                  "format": "int32"
                }
              },
              "ot-period": {
                "schema": {
                  "description": "The unit of time for which the rate limit applies",
                  "enum": [
                    "HOUR",
                    "MINUTE"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "ot-ratelimit-event-id": {
                "schema": {
                  "description": "The unique identifier for the rate-limiting event.",
                  "format": "uuid"
                }
              },
              "ot-request-made": {
                "schema": {
                  "description": "The number of requests made within the specified period.",
                  "format": "int32"
                }
              },
              "ot-requests-allowed": {
                "schema": {
                  "description": "The number of requests allowed within the specified period.",
                  "format": "int32"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal Server Error"
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "OAUTH2": [
              "AUDIT_MANAGEMENT"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "OAUTH2": {
        "type": "oauth2",
        "flows": {
          "clientCredentials": {
            "tokenUrl": "https://{hostname}/api/access/v1/oauth/token",
            "scopes": {
              "AUDIT_MANAGEMENT": "Audit Management Scope gives the user access to read/write/delete operations used for Audit Management."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

# Sibling pages

* [Create Audit](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/validateandcreateauditusingpost.md)
* [Get List of Audits](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/getauditlistpageusingpost.md)
* [Delete Audit](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/deleteauditusingdelete.md)
* [Get Audit](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/getauditdetailusingget.md)
* [Update Audit](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/validateandupdateauditusingput.md)
* [Update Audit Scope](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/validateandreassignscopesusingput.md)