---
title: "Destroy a session"
method: POST
path: "/goodbye"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Destroy a session

`POST /goodbye`

Destroys the session behind the credentials the request authenticates with.

## Response `200`

Success

- SuccessResponse
  - `success` string

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

## Changes

- **2026-07-22** `e8e6b266ea29` — 1 warning, 5 info
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `auth`
  - api operation id `goodbye` was added
  - the endpoint scheme security `BearerAuth` was added to the API
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - …2 more
- **2026-07-17** `9abb9bf6d3bf` — 2 info
  - endpoint deprecated
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-07-17** `aff89ca1eeff` — 1 info
  - endpoint reactivated
- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-02-26** `c3f202b17eb7` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApiKeyAuthQuery` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `BearerAuth` was removed from the API

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/goodbye/post.md)

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