---
title: "Delete a label document"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/labels/{label_id}/documents/{document_id}"
tags: ["documents"]
---

# Delete a label document

`DELETE /v1/labels/{label_id}/documents/{document_id}`

Delete a carrier document registered against a label. Documents that have already been sent to the carrier cannot be deleted.

## Response `204`

The document was deleted successfully.

## Other responses

- `404` — The specified resource does not exist.
- `409` — The request conflicts with an existing resource.
- `500` — An error occurred on ShipEngine's side. > This error will automatically be reported to our engineers.

## Changes

> 5 revisions in range; 2 could not be searched.

- **2026-08-15** `f3a66d204565` — 18 warning
  - added the new `freight_connection_inactive` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `freight_connection_inactive` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `409`
  - added the new `freight_connection_inactive` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `500`
  - added the new `freight_provider_id_required` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `404`
  - …14 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/shipstation/apis/shipengine-api/changes/v1/labels/:label_id/documents/:document_id/delete.md)

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