---
title: "Soft-delete dataset items"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v1/datasets/{datasetSlug}/items"
tags: ["Datasets"]
---

# Soft-delete dataset items

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

## Request

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

Marks items as deleted. If items exist only in unpublished versions, they are permanently removed. If items exist in published versions, they are soft-deleted and marked with deleted_at_version in the next_release.

## Path parameters

- `datasetSlug` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `itemIds` string[], required

## Response `200`

Items deleted

- object
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `deleted` integer, required

## Other responses

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

---

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