---
title: "Delete Content"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/content/{content_id}"
---

# Delete Content

`DELETE /v1/content/{content_id}`

Permanently delete a content item.

Deletion is immediate and final: the item disappears from feeds, search,
the portal library, and every API lookup, and its streaming and thumbnail
URLs are permanently revoked within seconds to minutes (in-flight players
will error). Deleted content cannot be restored through the API.

Analytics history is retained — views, events, and billing records for the
item keep working and remain attributed to it, and analytics surfaces keep
showing its title and thumbnail. If the item was imported with an
``externalId``, that key is freed immediately: re-importing the same
external ID creates a fresh content item with new analytics.

Accessible with the org's secret key or any portal session of the org.

## Path parameters

- `content_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/shortkit/apis/shortkit-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/shortkit/apis/shortkit-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/shortkit/shortkit-api/versions/4ff6d068cf75/schema)