---
title: "Stop tracking (archive) a container"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/containers/{id}"
---

# Stop tracking (archive) a container

`DELETE /v1/containers/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.trackingmcp.com`
- URL: `https://api.trackingmcp.com/v1/containers/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Archived.

- object
  - `ok` true, required
  - `api_version` string: The response contract this build answers, as a date. Pin it in your client.
  - `data` ArchivedContainer, required: The payload. Everything an endpoint returns sits under this key.
    - `archived` boolean: True when the container was archived.
    - `id` string: Stable identifier for the record. On the tracking endpoints this is the container UUID, except on a portfolio summary row, where it is the container number.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `404`: Unknown container id.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/trackingmcp/apis/trackingmcp-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/trackingmcp/apis/trackingmcp-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/trackingmcp/apis/trackingmcp-rest-api/revisions/6bb8d8172ceb?raw)