---
title: "Delete a document"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/default/banks/{bank_id}/documents/{document_id}"
tags: ["Documents"]
---

# Delete a document

`DELETE /v1/default/banks/{bank_id}/documents/{document_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hindsight.vectorize.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://hindsight.vectorize.io/v1/default/banks/{bank_id}/documents/{document_id}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/vectorize/apis/hindsight-http-api/docs/v1/default/banks/:bank_id/documents/:document_id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Delete a document and all its associated memory units and links.

This will cascade delete:
- The document itself
- All memory units extracted from this document
- All links (temporal, semantic, entity) associated with those memory units

This operation cannot be undone.

## Path parameters

- `bank_id` string, required
- `document_id` string, required

## Headers

- `authorization` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DeleteDocumentResponse: Response model for delete document endpoint.
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required
  - `document_id` string, required
  - `memory_units_deleted` integer, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-04** `4fda98b75f63`: 1 warning
  - removed the optional property `detail/items/url` from the response with the `422` status
- **2026-05-15** `0d08f271b9db`: 3 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/url` to the response with the `422` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/vectorize/apis/hindsight-http-api/changes/v1/default/banks/:bank_id/documents/:document_id/delete.md)

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