---
title: "Remove assets from an album"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/albums/{album_id}/assets"
tags: ["albums"]
---

# Remove assets from an album

`DELETE /api/albums/{album_id}/assets`

Detaches one or more assets from the given album. The assets themselves remain in the library and in any other albums they belong to. Use `trash_assets` to soft-delete the asset entirely. To empty an album completely, call `list_album_assets` to get the links and then remove them, or delete the album itself with `delete_album`.

Up to 200 ids per request; over-cap requests return 422.

## Path parameters

- `album_id` string, required — Album ID (with `album_` prefix) of the album to detach assets from.

## Request body

- AlbumAssetAssociation
  - `asset_ids` string[], required — Asset IDs (with `asset_` prefix) to associate with the album. Up to 200 ids per request.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DeletionResponse — Acknowledgment body returned by destructive endpoints (delete / trash / restore / permanently delete / remove-from-album / empty-trash). Carries no fields — the HTTP 200 + empty JSON object is itself the success signal. Exists so MCP tools generated from these endpoints have a real ``outputSchema`` (rather than the null schema FastMCP emits for 204 responses), which ChatGPT's MCP submission tooling requires.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing, invalid, or expired credentials.
- `403` — The credentials are valid but not authorized for this operation — for example an API key whose action or library scope excludes it, or a credential type this operation does not accept.
- `404` — Not found
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the interval in the `Retry-After` header.

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