---
title: "Delete a folder and move its contents up"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/asset-folders/{folder_id}"
tags: ["asset-folders"]
---

# Delete a folder and move its contents up

`DELETE /v1/asset-folders/{folder_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com`
- URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/asset-folders/{folder_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `bird_session`

Deletes a folder. Its subfolders and its assets move up one level, to the folder
it sat in, so nothing is removed from the library as a side effect and no URL
changes.

If a subfolder's name is already taken where it would land, the delete is refused
and the response names the folders to resolve first. Deleting is idempotent.

## Path parameters

- `folder_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string
- `X-Workspace-Id` string
- `X-Organization-Id` string

## Response `204`

The folder was deleted and its contents moved up one level.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Insufficient permissions
- `404`: Resource not found
- `409`: Resource conflict
- `422`: The request has invalid field values, violates a business rule, or carries a query parameter the endpoint does not declare. Field validation errors use `type: validation_error` and include the affected fields in `details`. Business-rule errors identify the failed rule in `type`.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error
- `501`: The operation is not supported
- `503`: The service is temporarily unavailable. If `Retry-After` is present, wait for that delay before retrying; otherwise, retry with exponential backoff. Reuse the same idempotency key and request when retrying a mutation.

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