windows-itpro-docs/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/stop-and-quarantine-file.md

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Stop and quarantine file API

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)

Stop execution of a file on a machine and delete it.

[!includeMachine actions note]

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender ATP APIs

Permission type	Permission	Permission display name
Application	Machine.StopAndQuarantine	'Stop And Quarantine'
Delegated (work or school account)	Machine.StopAndQuarantine	'Stop And Quarantine'

Note

When obtaining a token using user credentials:

• The user needs to have at least the following role permission: 'Active remediation actions' (See Create and manage roles for more information)
• The user needs to have access to the machine, based on machine group settings (See Create and manage machine groups for more information)

HTTP request

POST https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/machines/{id}/StopAndQuarantineFile

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	String	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	string	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON object with the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
Comment	String	Comment to associate with the action. Required.
Sha1	String	Sha1 of the file to stop and quarantine on the machine. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 - Created response code and Machine Action in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/machines/1e5bc9d7e413ddd7902c2932e418702b84d0cc07/StopAndQuarantineFile 
Content-type: application/json
{
  "Comment": "Stop and quarantine file on machine due to alert 441688558380765161_2136280442",
  "Sha1": "87662bc3d60e4200ceaf7aae249d1c343f4b83c9"
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

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HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/$metadata#MachineActions/$entity",
    "id": "141408d1-384c-4c19-8b57-ba39e378011a",
    "type": "StopAndQuarantineFile",
    "requestor": "Analyst@contoso.com ",
    "requestorComment": "Stop and quarantine file on machine due to alert 441688558380765161_2136280442",
    "status": "InProgress",
    "machineId": "1e5bc9d7e413ddd7902c2932e418702b84d0cc07",
    "creationDateTimeUtc": "2018-12-04T12:15:04.3825985Z",
    "lastUpdateTimeUtc": "2018-12-04T12:15:04.3825985Z",
	"relatedFileInfo": {
        "fileIdentifier": "87662bc3d60e4200ceaf7aae249d1c343f4b83c9",
        "fileIdentifierType": "Sha1"
	}
}