---
title: "Delete Knowledge Base Document Or Folder"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/convai/knowledge-base/{documentation_id}"
tags: ["Agents Platform"]
---

# Delete Knowledge Base Document Or Folder

`DELETE /v1/convai/knowledge-base/{documentation_id}`

Delete a document or folder from the knowledge base.

## Path parameters

- `documentation_id` string, required — The id of a document from the knowledge base. This is returned on document addition.

## Query parameters

- `force` boolean — If set to true, the document or folder will be deleted regardless of whether it is used by any agents and it will be removed from the dependent agents. For non-empty folders, this will also delete all child documents and folders.

## Headers

- `xi-api-key` string, nullable — Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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