---
title: "Deletes a document."
method: DELETE
path: "/documents/{document_id}"
tags: ["Documents"]
---

# Deletes a document.

`DELETE /documents/{document_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/documents/{document_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/documents/:document_id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Deletes a document with a given unique identifier.

## Path parameters

- `document_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `timeout` number, double

## Response `204`

Successful operation

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/revisions/a82a117320f4?raw)