---
title: "POST /delete-item"
method: POST
path: "/delete-item"
tags: ["v2"]
---

# POST /delete-item

`POST /delete-item`

## Request body

- DeleteItem
  - `accessibility` string — for personal password manager
  - `delete-immediately` boolean — When delete-in-days=-1, must be set
  - `delete-in-days` integer — The number of days to wait before deleting the item (relevant for keys only)
  - `json` boolean — Set output format to JSON
  - `name` string, required — Item name
  - `token` string — Authentication token (see `/auth` and `/configure`)
  - `uid-token` string — The universal identity token, Required only for universal_identity authentication
  - `version` integer — The specific version you want to delete - 0=last version, -1=entire item with all versions (default)

## Response `200`

deleteItemResponse wraps response body.

- DeleteItemOutput
  - `deletion_date` string, date-time
  - `item_id` integer
  - `item_name` string
  - `version_deleted` integer

## Other responses

- `default` — errorResponse wraps any error to return it as a JSON object with one "error" field.

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