---
title: "Bulk Deleting Entities"
method: POST
path: "/v1/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{name}/entities/bulk-delete"
tags: ["Entity Management"]
---

# Bulk Deleting Entities

`POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/datasets/{name}/entities/bulk-delete`

Use this API to delete multiple Entities at once. This endpoint accepts an array of Entity UUIDs and performs soft-deletion on all of them.

## Path parameters

- `projectId` number, required
- `name` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `ids` string[], required — Array of Entity UUIDs to delete

## Response `200`

Success

- object
  - `success` boolean

## Other responses

- `404` — Not Found

## Changes

- **2025-12-20** `022694254f0d` — 1 info
  - api operation id `Bulk Deleting Entities` removed and replaced with `deleteEntities`
- **2025-10-27** `b4cb78f0da84` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-03-13** `e8c2858fd4eb` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/getodk/apis/odk-central-api/changes/v1/projects/:projectId/datasets/:name/entities/bulk-delete/post.md)

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