---
title: "Delete Document"
method: DELETE
path: "/extract/documents/{document_id}"
tags: ["/extract"]
---

# Delete Document

`DELETE /extract/documents/{document_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.contextual.ai/v1`
- URL: `https://api.contextual.ai/v1/extract/documents/{document_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Delete a document.

## Path parameters

- `document_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- object

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `4abdda722de9`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-01-13** `ca7f807eec8b`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-10-28** `c8152db45500`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/contextualai/apis/endpoints/changes/extract/documents/:document_id/delete.md)

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