---
title: "Delete a taxon name priority"
method: DELETE
path: "/taxon_name_priorities/{id}"
tags: ["TaxonNamePriorities"]
---

# Delete a taxon name priority

`DELETE /taxon_name_priorities/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.inaturalist.org/v2`
- URL: `https://api.inaturalist.org/v2/taxon_name_priorities/{id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/inaturalist/apis/inaturalist-version-2-api/docs/taxon_name_priorities/:id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `200`

No response body; success implies deletion

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/inaturalist/apis/inaturalist-version-2-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/inaturalist/apis/inaturalist-version-2-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/inaturalist/apis/inaturalist-version-2-api/revisions/f739db716aaf?raw)