---
title: "Delete an item"
method: DELETE
path: "/cms/items/{itemId}"
tags: ["CMS items"]
---

# Delete an item

`DELETE /cms/items/{itemId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cactal.ai/v1`
- URL: `https://api.cactal.ai/v1/cms/items/{itemId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Soft-deletes the item: it disappears from reads, list results, and backreferences, and fields referencing it read `null` (single reference) or shrink (multi-reference). Its slug becomes reusable, and incoming references are preserved so the item can be restored.

## Path parameters

- `itemId` string, required

## Response `200`

Deletion acknowledgement.

- object
  - `deleted` true, required: Always `true` once the item is soft-deleted.

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation failed. The response `message` names the first invalid field.
- `401`: Missing, invalid, expired, or revoked API key.
- `403`: The authenticated principal lacks the required capability.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is outside the principal’s access scope.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the number of seconds in the `Retry-After` header.

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