---
title: "Delete a KV namespace"
method: DELETE
path: "/storage/kvs/{id}"
tags: ["kv namespaces"]
---

# Delete a KV namespace

`DELETE /storage/kvs/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/storage/kvs/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Deletes a KV namespace and all of the keys it contains. Deletion is asynchronous: the namespace is returned with status `deleting`. Deleting a namespace whose deletion is already in progress returns a `409`.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

KV namespace deletion initiated

- KvNamespaceResponseWrapper
  - `data` KvNamespace
    - `record_type` string
    - `id` string, uuid
    - `name` string
    - `status` 'pending' | 'provision_ok' | 'provision_failed' | 'deleting' | 'delete_failed': Provisioning status. A namespace is usable once `status` is `provision_ok`. Once deletion completes, the namespace no longer appears in the API.
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `updated_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request — `id` is not a valid UUID
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `404`: KV namespace not found
- `409`: Conflict — the namespace is already being deleted
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-10-21** `67df31283a8a`: 4 breaking, 4 info
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `integer` to `string`, and format from `int32` to no format for status `400`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `integer` to `string`, and format from `int32` to no format for status `401`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `integer` to `string`, and format from `int32` to no format for status `404`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `integer` to `string`, and format from `int32` to no format for status `409`
  - …4 more
- **2026-10-15** `a72569d69430`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api/changes/storage/kvs/:id/delete.md)

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