How to Deprovision a BYOIP Prefixpublic
Validated on 25 Jun 2025 • Last edited on 25 Jun 2025
DigitalOcean Reserved IPs are publicly-accessible static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Assign and reassign reserved IP addresses to Droplets as needed, or implement an automated failover mechanism with reserved IPs to build a high availability infrastructure.
During the public preview, Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) prefixes must be deprovisioned using doctl or the DigitalOcean API.
Deprovision a BYOIP Prefix Using the CLI
To deprovision a prefix, use the doctl compute byoip-prefix delete command with the ID of your BYOIP prefix. To find the ID of your prefix, use doctl compute byoip-prefix list to list all of your prefixes and their IDs.
doctl compute byoip-prefix delete <your_prefix_id>Replace <your_prefix_id> with the ID of the prefix you are deprovisioning.
The command prompts for confirmation before deprovisioning the prefix.
Deprovision a BYOIP Prefix Using the API
Send a DELETE request to the byoip_prefixes/<your_prefix_id> endpoint. To find the ID of your prefix send a GET request to the /v2/byoip_prefixes endpoint to list all o fyour prefixes and their IDs.
curl -X DELETE \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/byoip_prefixes/<your_prefix_id>"Replace <your_prefix_id> with the ID of the prefix you are deprovisioning.
The API sends an empty 202 response on success.