How does one delete an escalation via api?

[sergey_green]

Deal bloatware makers!
The question is in the title.

Following the the write-up on escalations api here; https://docs.opsgenie.com/docs/escalation-api

curl -X DELETE 'https://api.eu.opsgenie.com/v2/escalations/6de33170-7948-4872-afa3-a8c4654c17f5' --header "Authorization: GenieKey ${token}"

{"message":"Escalation cannot be modified. Please remove it from teams: [Test-Schedule]","took":0.065,"requestId":"40bd3e49-edf1-4a28-a85a-f39ef857c3c0"}

Is not modifying done through patching, not deliting? Any bright people there?

[Nayan Pandey]

Hello Sergey, 

Thank you for contacting the Opsgenie community.

I understand that you are getting an error when trying to delete an escalation using APIs. 

As per the error, I see that this escalation is used by a team. You'd first need to remove the escalation from any team that may be using it. In your case, its the 'Test-Schedule'. 

Please let me know if the above helps. 

Regards, 

Nayan