# eth\_uninstallFilter

Uninstalls a filter with given id. Should always be called when watch is no longer needed. Additionally Filters timeout when they aren't requested with [eth\_getFilterChanges](https://app.gitbook.com/o/-Ml9lAiUWtXZF3GXO6N3/s/iLoE65E22qMx9VF67gCT/~/changes/83/rpc-api-docs/chains/ethereum/standard-json-rpc-api/eth_getfilterchanges) for a period of time.

[**Ethereum.org API Reference**](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_uninstallfilter)

**Parameters**

`QUANTITY` - The filter id.

**Returns**

`Boolean` - `true` if the filter was successfully uninstalled, otherwise `false`.

## Example

#### Request

```
curl --request POST \
     --url https://endpoints.omniatech.io/v1/RPC_ENDPOINT \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "params": [
    "0x1"
  ],
  "method": "eth_uninstallFilter"
}
'
```

#### Response

```
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": false
}
```