---
title: "Delete a series (soft delete) with user ownership validation"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/series/{series_id}"
tags: ["Series"]
---

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

`DELETE /api/series/{series_id}`

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

## Path parameters

- `series_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

Series deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication required to delete series
- `403` — Access denied - cannot delete series not owned by user
- `404` — Series not found for deletion
- `500` — Server error during series 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/series/:series_id/delete.md)

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