---
title: "Delete a group by the specified ID."
method: DELETE
path: "/groups/{groupId}"
tags: ["Groups"]
---

# Delete a group by the specified ID.

`DELETE /groups/{groupId}`

Deletes a group by identifier.  This operation also deletes all artifacts within
the group, so should be used very carefully.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)
* The group does not exist (HTTP error `404`)

## Response `204`

Empty content indicates a successful deletion.

## Other responses

- `401` — Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403` — Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `404` — Common response for all operations that can return a `404` error.
- `405` — Common response for all operations that can fail due to method not allowed or disabled.
- `500` — Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

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