curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/pronunciation-dictionary-id/remove-rules' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "rule_strings": [
    "string"
  ]
}'

# POST /v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/{pronunciation_dictionary_id}/remove-rules (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Remove Rules From The Pronunciation Dictionary

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/pronunciation-dictionary-id/remove-rules' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"rule_strings":["string"]}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| pronunciation_dictionary_id | path | string | Yes | The id of the pronunciation dictionary |
| rule_strings | body | string[] | Yes | List of strings to remove from the pronunciation dictionary. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"id":"5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLrJ","version_id":"5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLr2","version_rules_num":5}

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POST

/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/{pronunciation_dictionary_id}/remove-rules

ElevenLabs API

Remove Rules From The Pronunciation Dictionary

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched

Actions

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/pronunciation-dictionary-id/remove-rules' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "rule_strings": [    "string"  ]}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
pronunciation_dictionary_id	path	string	Yes	The id of the pronunciation dictionary
rule_strings	body	string[]	Yes	List of strings to remove from the pronunciation dictionary.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLrJ",
  "version_id": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLr2",
  "version_rules_num": 5
}