# Sonatype Nexus Repository Cleanup policies API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-cleanup-policies-api/  
**Provider:** Sonatype Nexus Repository — https://apis.io/providers/nexus/  
**Base URL:** https://repo.sonatype.com/service/rest  
**Documentation:** https://help.sonatype.com/en/api-reference.html

Sonatype Nexus Repository Cleanup policies API is one of 62 APIs that [Sonatype Nexus Repository](https://apis.io/providers/nexus/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Cleanup policies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 1 JSON Schema.

The Cleanup policies API from Sonatype Nexus Repository — 3 operation(s) for cleanup policies.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/v1/cleanup-policies` | Get a list of existing policies |
| POST | `/v1/cleanup-policies` | Create a new policy |
| GET | `/v1/cleanup-policies/{name}` | Get a policy by name |
| DELETE | `/v1/cleanup-policies/{name}` | Delete cleanup policy |
| PUT | `/v1/cleanup-policies/{policyName}` | Update existing policy |

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/nexus/openapi/nexus-cleanup-policies-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/nexus/json-schema/nexus-cleanup-policy-resource-xo-schema.json

## Other Sonatype Nexus Repository APIs (12)

- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-assets-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Components API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-components-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Search API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-search-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Status API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-status-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-tasks-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Azure blob store API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-azure-blob-store-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Blob store API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-blob-store-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-capabilities-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition Eula API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-community-edition-eula-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Content selectors API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-content-selectors-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Email API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-email-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Formats API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-formats-api/)

## Tags

Cleanup policies

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