---
title: "Delete a group by the specified ID."
method: DELETE
path: "/groups/{groupId}"
tags: ["Groups"]
---

# Delete a group by the specified ID.

`DELETE /groups/{groupId}`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Deletes a group by identifier.  This operation also deletes all artifacts within
the group, so should be used very carefully.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)
* The group does not exist (HTTP error `404`)

## Response `204`

Empty content indicates a successful deletion.

## Other responses

- `401`: Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403`: Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `404`: Common response for all operations that can return a `404` error.
- `405`: Common response for all operations that can fail due to method not allowed or disabled.
- `500`: Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `ff9684af2aad`: 25 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `405` status
  - …21 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 5 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `405` status
  - …1 more
- **2025-12-16** `440db8997574`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2024-10-15** `95e926f2874a`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `405`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/changes/groups/:groupId/delete.md)

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