# Delete a phone number override rule in AWS End User Messaging SMS
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To delete a phone number override rule, you can use the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, the [DeleteProtectConfigurationRuleSetNumberOverride](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/latest/apireference_smsvoicev2/API_DeleteProtectConfigurationRuleSetNumberOverride.html) action in the AWS End User Messaging SMS and voice v2 API, or the [delete-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/delete-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override.html) command in the AWS CLI. This section shows how to delete a phone number override rule using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console and the AWS CLI. 

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#### [ Delete a phone number rule override (Console) ]

To delete a phone number override rule using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, follow these steps:

1. Open the AWS End User Messaging SMS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Protect**, choose **Protect configuration** and then choose the protect configuration.

1. Choose the **Rule overrides** tab and in the **Rules override** section choose the phone number override rules to delete. You can use [Query phone number override rules](protect-rule-override-rules-querying.md#protect-rule-override-rules-querying.title) to search for specific rules to edit. Choose **Delete**.

1. In the **Delete rule override** window, enter **confirm**, and the choose **Delete**

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#### [ Delete a phone number rule override (AWS CLI) ]

You can use the [delete-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/delete-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override.html) AWS CLI command to delete a phone number rule override. 

```
$ aws pinpoint-sms-voice-v2 delete-protect-configuration-rule-set-number-override --protect-configuration-id ProtectConfigurationID --destination-phone-number +12065550150
```

In the preceding command, make the following changes:
+ Replace *ProtectConfigurationID* with the unique identifier of the protect configuration.
+ Replace *\$112065550150* with the phone number to delete the rule for.

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