---
title: "Soft-delete a single dataset item by item ID"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v1/datasets/{datasetSlug}/items/{itemId}"
tags: ["Datasets"]
---

# Soft-delete a single dataset item by item ID

`DELETE /api/v1/datasets/{datasetSlug}/items/{itemId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://dev.noveum.ai`
- URL: `https://dev.noveum.ai/api/v1/datasets/{datasetSlug}/items/{itemId}`
- Auth: API key in cookie `apiKeyCookie` and HTTP bearer

Marks a single item as deleted. If the item exists only in unpublished versions, it is permanently removed. If it exists in published versions, it is soft-deleted and marked with deleted_at_version in the next_release.

## Path parameters

- `datasetSlug` string, required
- `itemId` string, required

## Response `200`

Item deleted

- object
  - `success` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `201`: Created
- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Item or dataset not found
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Unprocessable entity
- `500`: Internal server error

---

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