---
search:
  tags:
    - ports
    - DELETE
seo:
  description: >-
    The url stops answering immediately and is never… Reference for the DELETE
    /v1/machines/{machine_id}/ports/{preview_id} endpoint in the Computer API
    API.
sidebar:
  badge: DELETE
  label: stop publishing a port
title: stop publishing a port
type: openapi-operation
---
The url stops answering immediately and is never issued again. A link, bookmark or crawler entry pointing at a reclaimed hostname would resurrect against whatever that port serves next.

<Operation source="api" id="ports-unexpose" />