---
title: "Delete an idea"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/ideas/{ideaId}"
tags: ["brainstorms"]
---

# Delete an idea

`DELETE /v1/ideas/{ideaId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.flowral.app`
- URL: `https://api.flowral.app/v1/ideas/{ideaId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (client credentials, token URL `https://api.flowral.app/v1/oauth/token`, scopes: `flows:write`)

Bridges the gap it leaves: this idea's children are re-parented onto its own parent (or promoted to root ideas, if it had none), so removing a box from the middle of a branch doesn't orphan what nested under it. This cannot be undone.

## Path parameters

- `ideaId` string, required

## Response `204`

DELETED

## Other responses

- `401`: UNAUTHORIZED
- `403`: FORBIDDEN · SUBSCRIPTION_PAST_DUE
- `404`: NOT_FOUND
- `429`: RATE_LIMITED

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/flowral/apis/flowral-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/flowral/apis/flowral-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/flowral/apis/flowral-api/revisions/6cd2337b682c?raw)