# Can we delete or create capabilities by API calls in Nexus 3.38

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/can-we-delete-or-create-capabilities-by-api-calls-in-nexus-3-38/8360>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/can-we-delete-or-create-capabilities-by-api-calls-in-nexus-3-38/8360 "2022-03-10T09:30:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![sameer29nov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sameer29nov](https://community.sonatype.com/u/sameer29nov)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/can-we-delete-or-create-capabilities-by-api-calls-in-nexus-3-38/8360/1 "2022-03-10T09:30:51Z")

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Hello There,

We are using Nexus 3.38 and want to know if we can delete or create capabilities by API calls , if yes how

if no then can we set parameter for such capability in some configuration file such as nexus.properties

please help, I am doing some testing where I want to add some capabilities and want to delete some unwanted ones , these steps will be preconfigured while building docker image with certain enabled capabilities and remove unwanted ones

please guide,

Thanks  
SAM