DELETE method .NET WebAPI does not work

Question

I\'ve seen tons of posts about this, but the DELETE method of my new WebAPI simply does not work and returns a 404, using Windows 7 32-bit, IIS 7.5.

I\'ve tried

Answer 1

Are you hosting under "Default Web Site" ? If yes then try hosting it separately on a different port.

I have the same issue with PUT and DELETE and the workaround was successful.