---
title: "Delete Field"
method: DELETE
path: "/fields/{column_id}"
tags: ["Fields"]
---

# Delete Field

`DELETE /fields/{column_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1/fields/{column_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Soft-delete a custom field (column).

Always org-scoped (you can only delete columns in your own org). Pass
``list_id`` to additionally require that the column belong to a specific
list — that's the safer default for list-scoped agents since the org may
have many custom columns across different lists.

## Path parameters

- `column_id` integer, required: Column ID to delete

## Query parameters

- `entity` string: Target entity: 'contacts' or 'companies'
- `list_id` integer, nullable: Optional list scope guard. If provided, the column must belong to this list or the request returns 404. Use this to prevent an agent with narrow intent from accidentally deleting a column on a different list in the same org.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Target-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseDeleteFieldResponse
  - `data` DeleteFieldResponse, required
    - `column_id` integer, required
    - `deleted` boolean
  - `pagination` PaginationMeta
    - `page` integer, required: Current page number (1-indexed)
    - `limit` integer, required: Items per page
    - `total` integer, required: Total number of items
    - `has_next` boolean, required: Whether there are more pages
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable: Opaque cursor for the next page; null when there are no more items. Pass it back as the `cursor` query param to fetch the following page without computing page numbers.
    - `total_available` integer, nullable: Search endpoints only: how many records really match, when known. Can be larger than `total`, which is capped at the 10,000 results that can be paged. For company search this is a distinct-company estimate. Null when unknown; absent outside search.
    - `total_is_lower_bound` boolean, nullable: Search endpoints only: true when more records match than `total` shows (the result set is larger than the 10,000 results that can be paged). Absent outside search.
    - `notes` string[], nullable: Search endpoints only: plain-language notes about the result, e.g. that more records match than can be paged, or that a reversed `between` range was put in order.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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