---
title: "delete object. Missing objects will not return a NotFound error."
method: DELETE
path: "/repositories/{repository}/branches/{branch}/objects"
tags: ["objects"]
---

# delete object. Missing objects will not return a NotFound error.

`DELETE /repositories/{repository}/branches/{branch}/objects`

## Query parameters

- `force` boolean
- `no_tombstone` boolean

## Response `204`

object deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/versions/4617f80bee61/schema)