---
title: "Delete a post (soft delete) with series ownership validation"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/posts/{post_id}"
tags: ["Posts"]
---

# Delete a post (soft delete) with series ownership validation

`DELETE /api/posts/{post_id}`

# Errors
Returns error if post not found, series access denied, or database deletion error

## Path parameters

- `post_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

Post deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication required to delete posts
- `403` — Access denied - cannot delete post in series not owned by user
- `404` — Post not found for deletion
- `500` — Server error during post deletion

## Changes

- **2025-09-24** `143443c14b73` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `bearerAuth AND cookieAuth` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `cookieAuth` was removed from the API
- **2025-09-22** `08a2378b4e66` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-09-01** `a2488be8a6e4` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/patroninc/apis/patron-api/changes/api/posts/:post_id/delete.md)

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