> ## Documentation Index
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# Delete document

> Permanently delete a document from database metadata, object storage, and the vector index

Permanently remove a document from your organization's knowledge base. This operation deletes the stored file from Cloudflare R2 / AWS S3, purges all associated text chunks and embeddings from the vector database, and removes the document record.

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### Authentication

This endpoint requires Bearer token authentication.

```http theme={null}
Authorization: Bearer <token>
```

| Header          | Type     | Required | Description                                     | Format           |
| :-------------- | :------- | :------- | :---------------------------------------------- | :--------------- |
| `Authorization` | `string` | **Yes**  | Scoped organization API key or Bearer JWT token | `Bearer <token>` |

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### Input parameters

<ParamField path="document_id" type="string" required>
  Unique UUID identifier of the document to delete. Example: `c5d1e2f3-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0123456789ab`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  Bearer token for authentication. Format: `Bearer <token>`.
</ParamField>

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### Response Fields

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Confirmation response: `"Document deleted successfully."`.
</ResponseField>

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<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X DELETE "https://api.sayvy.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/c5d1e2f3-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0123456789ab" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.sayvy.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/c5d1e2f3-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0123456789ab"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
  }

  response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
  print(response.status_code)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const response = await fetch("https://api.sayvy.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/c5d1e2f3-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0123456789ab", {
    method: "DELETE",
    headers: {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
    }
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
      .uri(URI.create("https://api.sayvy.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/c5d1e2f3-4a5b-6c7d-8e9f-0123456789ab"))
      .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
      .DELETE()
      .build();

  HttpResponse<String> response =
      HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
  System.out.println(response.body());
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 OK theme={null}
  {
    "message": "Document deleted successfully."
  }
  ```

  ```json 401 Unauthorized theme={null}
  {
    "detail": "Unauthorized"
  }
  ```

  ```json 404 Not Found theme={null}
  {
    "detail": "Document not found."
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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