---
title: "Deletes a Category by ID"
method: DELETE
path: "/categories/{id}"
tags: ["Category"]
---

# Deletes a Category by ID

`DELETE /categories/{id}`

Deletes the Category with the requested ID.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `204`

Category with requested ID was deleted

## Other responses

- `400` — invalid input, data invalid
- `404` — resource not found
- `409` — conflicting resources
- `500` — unexpected error

## Changes

- **2022-01-03** `8e79dcdeff2b` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
- **2022-01-03** `be4e7ff3034b` — 3 breaking, 6 info
  - the `code` response's property type/format changed from `integer`/`int32` to `integer`/`` for status `400`
  - the `code` response's property type/format changed from `integer`/`int32` to `integer`/`` for status `404`
  - the `code` response's property type/format changed from `integer`/`int32` to `integer`/`` for status `500`
  - the response property `code` became required for the status `400`
  - …5 more
- **2021-12-21** `de0ebba2e9d9` — 1 info
  - for the `path` request parameter `id`, the type/format was generalized from `integer`/`int32` to `integer`/``
- **2021-12-20** `c20645e44d2d` — 3 breaking
  - the `errors` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `400`
  - the `errors` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `404`
  - the `errors` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `500`
- **2021-11-15** `495e5eef05c1` — 10 breaking, 1 info
  - for the `path` request parameter `id`, the type/format was changed from `integer`/`` to `integer`/`int32`
  - the response property `code` became optional for the status `400`
  - the response property `code` became optional for the status `404`
  - the response property `code` became optional for the status `500`
  - …7 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ent/apis/my-pets-api/changes/categories/:id/delete.md)

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