---
title: "Delete an onboarding employee"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/employees/{employee_id}"
tags: ["Employees"]
---

# Delete an onboarding employee

`DELETE /v1/employees/{employee_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.gusto-demo.com`
- URL: `https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/employees/{employee_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gusto/apis/gusto-api/docs/v1/employees/:employee_id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Use this endpoint to delete an employee who is in onboarding. Deleting
an onboarded employee is not allowed and will return a 422 response. Please check out the Terminations api
if you need to terminate an onboarded employee.

scope: `employees:manage`

## Path parameters

- `employee_id` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Gusto-API-Version` '2026-06-15'

## Response `204`

successful

## Other responses

- `404`: Not Found The requested resource does not exist. Make sure the provided UUID is valid.
- `422`: cannot delete onboarded employee

---

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