def delete(self, restApi, data={}, headers=None, maxRetries=5):
        """
        Description
           A HTTP DELETE function to delete the session.
           For Linux and Windows Connection Mgr API server only.

        Paramters
           restApi: (str): The REST API URL.
           data: (dict): The data payload for the URL.
           headers: (str): The headers to use for the URL.
           maxRetries: <int>: The maximum amount of GET retries before declaring as server connection failure.
        """
        if headers != None:
            self.jsonHeader = headers
            
        retryInterval = 3
        restExecutionFailures = 0
        while True:
            self.logInfo('\n\tDELETE: {0}\n\tDATA: {1}'.format(restApi, data))

            try:
                response = self._session.request('DELETE', restApi, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.jsonHeader, allow_redirects=True, 
                                                 verify=self.verifySslCert)

                for redirectStatus in response.history:
                    if '307' in str(response.history):
                        self.logInfo('\t{0}: {1}'.format(redirectStatus, response.url), timestamp=False)

                self.logInfo('\tSTATUS CODE: %s' % response.status_code, timestamp=False)
                if not str(response.status_code).startswith('2'):
                    self.showErrorMessage()
                    errMsg = 'DELETE Exception error: {0}\n'.format(response.text)
                    self.logError(errMsg)
                    raise IxNetRestApiException(errMsg)
                return response

            except (requests.exceptions.RequestException, Exception) as errMsg:
                errMsg = 'DELETE Exception error {}/{} retries: {}\n'.format(restExecutionFailures, maxRetries, errMsg)

                if restExecutionFailures < maxRetries:
                    self.logError(errMsg)
                    restExecutionFailures += 1
                    time.sleep(retryInterval)
                    continue
                
                if restExecutionFailures == maxRetries:
                    raise IxNetRestApiException(errMsg)