---
title: "Delete Download"
method: DELETE
path: "/utilities/downloads/{id}"
tags: ["Utilities"]
---

# Delete Download

`DELETE /utilities/downloads/{id}`

Delete one download after reference, activity, and managed-path preflight; unexpected cleanup failures return a typed retained-path result

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `200`

Success

- GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalAPIResponseGithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalInterfacesServicesUtilitiesDownloadDeleteResult
  - `data` GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalInterfacesServicesUtilitiesDownloadDeleteResult
    - `deleted` GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalInterfacesServicesUtilitiesDownloadDeleteItem[]
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string
      - `type` 'http' | 'torrent' | 'path'
      - `uuid` string
    - `failed` GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalInterfacesServicesUtilitiesDownloadDeleteFailure[]
      - `code` string
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string
      - `retainedPaths` string[]
      - `type` 'http' | 'torrent' | 'path'
      - `uuid` string
      - `vmReferences` GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalInterfacesServicesUtilitiesDownloadDeleteVMReference[]
        - `storageId` integer
        - `vmId` integer
        - `vmName` string
        - `vmRid` integer
  - `error` string
  - `message` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Download not found
- `409` — Download active, referenced, or unsafe to clean
- `500` — Cleanup or persistence failure

## Changes

- **2026-08-12** `9a5026bf9057` — 4 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
- **2025-05-26** `597f6a4102c6` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-03-11** `2b736ca1b025` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/alchemillahq/apis/sylve-api/changes/utilities/downloads/:id/delete.md)

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