Because objects are not directly deleted by CMIP services, all application programs must be able to handle delete requests.

For registered objects, the application program sends the delete request to the application program that registered the object. For objects that are not registered, the application program sends the delete request to the subtree manager of the object. The create handler is not involved in the processing of the delete request.

When an application program receives the delete request, it either deletes the object or rejects the delete request. These two situations are described here for non-scoped delete requests.