---
title: "delete a single post"
method: DELETE
path: "/posts/{id}.json"
tags: ["Posts"]
---

# delete a single post

`DELETE /posts/{id}.json`

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Request body

- object
  - `force_destroy` boolean — The `SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete` needs to be enabled first before this param can be used. Also this endpoint needs to be called first without `force_destroy` and then followed up with a second call 5 minutes later with `force_destroy` to permanently delete.

## Response `200`

success response

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/discourse/apis/discourse-api-documentation.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/discourse/apis/discourse-api-documentation/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/discourse/discourse-api-documentation/versions/fb966f5bb63e/schema)