Delete Watch

Stop a watch from evaluating

DELETE /v1/watches/{id}

Delete Watch

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "wat_8kLm2nPq",
  "object": "watch",
  "deleted": true,
  "request_id": "req_9pQ2vXpL"
}

Overview

Deleting a watch stops it from evaluating. Existing alerts it already produced remain retrievable and still reference the watch by ID, they aren’t deleted along with it. Requires the portfolios:manage scope.

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Watch ID (wat_*).

Response

id · string

The deleted watch ID.

object · string

Always "watch".

deleted · boolean

Always true.

request_id · string

Request identifier.

A deleted watch no longer appears in List Watches.

Errors

Status	type	When
404	not_found	Watch doesn’t exist or belongs to another org

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/wat_8kLm2nPq" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sig_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: delete-wat-8kLm2nPq-2026-06-12"

import { Signa } from "@signa-so/sdk";
const signa = new Signa({ api_key: process.env.SIGNA_API_KEY });

await signa.watches.delete("wat_8kLm2nPq");

{
  "id": "wat_8kLm2nPq",
  "object": "watch",
  "deleted": true,
  "request_id": "req_9pQ2vXpL"
}

Related Endpoints

• List Watches - deleted watches are excluded
• Retrieve Alert - alerts from a deleted watch remain retrievable
• Pause Watch - stop evaluation without deleting the watch