---
title: "Delete a segment folder"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v1/ackdb/observe/segment-folders/{id}"
tags: ["ackDB"]
---

# Delete a segment folder

`DELETE /api/v1/ackdb/observe/segment-folders/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:3009`
- URL: `http://localhost:3009/api/v1/ackdb/observe/segment-folders/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Deletes the folder. Its segments are UNFILED, never deleted — a folder is a view over segments, so discarding the view must not discard them. `unfiled` reports how many went back to Unfiled.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Folder deleted.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `deleted` boolean, required
    - `unfiled` integer, required: Segments returned to Unfiled.

## Other responses

- `404`: FOLDER_NOT_FOUND — no such folder, or it belongs to another user.

---

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