---
title: "Remove items from exclusion list"
method: POST
path: "/v2/exclusion-lists/{list_id}/items/remove"
tags: ["Exclusion Lists"]
---

# Remove items from exclusion list

`POST /v2/exclusion-lists/{list_id}/items/remove`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ocean.io`
- URL: `https://api.ocean.io/v2/exclusion-lists/{list_id}/items/remove`
- Auth: none declared

Remove people (LinkedIn handles) or companies (domains) from a list.

## Path parameters

- `list_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `apiToken` string, nullable

## Headers

- `x-api-token` string, nullable

## Request body

- RemoveListItemsRequest
  - `type` 'people' | 'companies', required: Whether the list holds people or companies.
  - `items` string[], required: Company domains or LinkedIn handles to remove, up to 10,000 per request. Items are company domains in a companies list and LinkedIn handles in a people list. A URL is reduced to its domain or LinkedIn handle (`https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe/` is stored as `john-doe`).

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `402`: Payment Required
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not found
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: Too Many Requests

## Changes

- **2026-10-12** `82337760de72`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
- **2026-10-07** `e2fea9198213`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/ocean/apis/ocean-io-api-documentation/changes/v2/exclusion-lists/:list_id/items/remove/post.md)

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