---
title: "Delete Source Descriptions From Collections"
method: DELETE
path: "/sources/{uid}/collections/descriptions"
tags: ["Source Box"]
---

# Delete Source Descriptions From Collections

`DELETE /sources/{uid}/collections/descriptions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform`
- URL: `https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform/sources/{uid}/collections/descriptions`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Remove one or more source descriptions from all user-defined collections owned by a specific user.

## Path parameters

- `uid` string, required

## Query parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `204`

The delete was successful.

## Other responses

- `400`: One or more of the descriptions referenced was invalid.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/family-tree-endpoints.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/family-tree-endpoints/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/family-tree-endpoints/revisions/e248abd029e6?raw)