---
title: "Delete saved objects"
method: POST
path: "/api/saved_objects/_bulk_delete"
tags: ["saved objects"]
deprecated: true
---

# Delete saved objects

`POST /api/saved_objects/_bulk_delete`

> **Deprecated.**

**Spaces method and path for this operation:**

<div><span class="operation-verb post">post</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/saved_objects/_bulk_delete</span></div>

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

WARNING: This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Deletes multiple Kibana saved objects in a single request.

There is currently no complete replacement for deleting arbitrary saved objects via an HTTP API.

## Query parameters

- `force` boolean

## Headers

- `kbn-xsrf` string, required

## Request body

- object[]
  - `id` string, required
  - `type` string, required

## Response `200`

A bulk delete response.

## Other responses

- `400` — A bad request.

---

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