---
title: "Delete Annotation By ID."
method: DELETE
path: "/annotations/{annotation_id}"
tags: ["annotations"]
---

# Delete Annotation By ID.

`DELETE /annotations/{annotation_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/api/annotations/{annotation_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in header `Authorization`

Deletes the annotation that matches the specified ID.

## Path parameters

- `annotation_id` string, required

## Response `200`

An OKResponse is returned if the request was successful.

- SuccessResponseBody
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `401`: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403`: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `500`: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

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