---
title: "Soft-delete (tombstone) a document."
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/documents/{id}"
tags: ["Documents"]
---

# Soft-delete (tombstone) a document.

`DELETE /v1/documents/{id}`

Idempotent: a second DELETE on the same id returns success with `already_deleted: true`. Subsequent GETs of the deleted id return 404.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Query parameters

- `user_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Soft-delete acknowledgement.

- object — Document soft-delete acknowledgement. `already_deleted: true` when the row was missing or previously tombstoned (idempotent on repeat calls).
  - `already_deleted` boolean, required
  - `success` true, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Input validation error
- `500` — Internal server error
- `502` — Upstream AI provider returned an unrecoverable failure (auth, non-retryable 4xx).
- `503` — Upstream AI provider is rate-limited, quota-exhausted, or returned 5xx; consult `retryable`.

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