---
title: "Deletes all SpanAnnotations with the given IDs."
method: DELETE
path: "/span/bulk/delete"
tags: ["spanAnnotation"]
---

# Deletes all SpanAnnotations with the given IDs.

`DELETE /span/bulk/delete`

## Request body

- integer[]

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- SpanAnnotationDeleted[]
  - `begin` integer, required — Begin of the SpanAnnotation in characters
  - `end` integer, required — End of the SpanAnnotation in characters
  - `begin_token` integer, required — Begin of the SpanAnnotation in tokens
  - `end_token` integer, required — End of the SpanAnnotation in tokens
  - `id` integer, required — ID of the SpanAnnotation
  - `code_id` integer, required — Code the SpanAnnotation refers to
  - `user_id` integer, required — User the SpanAnnotation belongs to
  - `sdoc_id` integer, required — SourceDocument the SpanAnnotation refers to
  - `created` string, date-time, required — Created timestamp of the SpanAnnotation
  - `updated` string, date-time, required — Updated timestamp of the SpanAnnotation

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

> 73 revisions in range; 22 could not be searched.

- **2025-08-22** `53e769440a25` — 2 warning
  - removed the optional property `detail/items/ctx` from the response with the `422` status
  - removed the optional property `detail/items/input` from the response with the `422` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/uhh-lt/apis/discourse-analysis-tool-suite-api/changes/span/bulk/delete/delete.md)

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