---
title: "Remove Child Inventory from Root Inventory"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/inventory/v2/inventory-hierarchies/{rootInventoryId}"
tags: ["Inventory Hierarchies"]
---

# Remove Child Inventory from Root Inventory

`DELETE /api/inventory/v2/inventory-hierarchies/{rootInventoryId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hostname`
- URL: `https://hostname/api/inventory/v2/inventory-hierarchies/{rootInventoryId}`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Client credentials
  - Token URL: `https://{hostname}/api/access/v1/oauth/token` scopes: `INVENTORY`, `INVENTORY_WRITE`

Use this API to unlink a Child Inventory from a Root Inventory.

## Path parameters

- `rootInventoryId` string, uuid, required

## Query parameters

- `inventoryType` 'processing-activities' | 'vendors' | 'assets' | 'entities', required
- `childInventoryId` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

No Content

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests. For more information, see [API Rate Limits](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/rate-limits-overview).
- `500`: Internal Server Error

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