---
title: "delete object. Missing objects will not return a NotFound error."
method: DELETE
path: "/repositories/{repository}/branches/{branch}/objects"
tags: ["objects"]
---

# delete object. Missing objects will not return a NotFound error.

`DELETE /repositories/{repository}/branches/{branch}/objects`

## Query parameters

- `force` boolean
- `no_tombstone` boolean

## Response `204`

object deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-11-24** `add5a8870f32` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2025-09-04** `ba52bc17a95f` — 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `no_tombstone`
- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 1 warning, 3 info
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `no_tombstone`
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `429`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/branches/:branch/objects/delete.md)

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