---
title: "Cancel an unfinished upload"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/uploads/{uploadSessionId}"
tags: ["Uploads"]
---

# Cancel an unfinished upload

`DELETE /v1/uploads/{uploadSessionId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dropl.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.dropl.io/v1/uploads/{uploadSessionId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Requires the `media:write` scope (upload photos and videos).

## Path parameters

- `uploadSessionId` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

Done

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation failed
- `401`: `INVALID_API_KEY`: missing, invalid, expired, or revoked key
- `403`: `INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE` (names the missing scope), `SITE_RESTRICTED_KEY`, or a plan limit
- `404`: Not found, or outside the key's sites
- `429`: Rate limited

---

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