---
title: "Delete a jail snapshot"
method: DELETE
path: "/jail/{ctid}/snapshots/{snapshotId}"
tags: ["Jail"]
---

# Delete a jail snapshot

`DELETE /jail/{ctid}/snapshots/{snapshotId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sylve.lan:8181/api`
- URL: `https://sylve.lan:8181/api/jail/{ctid}/snapshots/{snapshotId}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Delete a jail snapshot throughout its recursive ZFS dataset tree and remove its metadata while preserving child lineage

## Path parameters

- `ctid` integer, required
- `snapshotId` integer, required

## Response `200`

Success

- GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalAPIResponseAny
  - `data` unknown
  - `error` string
  - `message` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-08-12** `9a5026bf9057`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/alchemillahq/apis/sylve-api/changes/jail/:ctid/snapshots/:snapshotId/delete.md)

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