> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://supermemory.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete documents

> Permanently remove documents and their derived knowledge by document ID or caller-defined ID. Each requested ID is handled independently so successful deletions are preserved when another ID fails.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.supermemory.ai/v5/openapi delete /ns/{namespace}/document
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: supermemory API
  description: >-
    The Memory API for the AI era. OpenAPI operations include x-codeSamples for
    the official TypeScript and Python SDKs (Mintlify-compatible).
  version: 5.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production Server
    url: https://api.supermemory.ai
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Ingest
    description: Ingest documents, files, URLs, conversations, and other content
  - name: Recall (Search)
    description: >-
      Semantic recall across your content — supports memories, hybrid, and
      documents modes
  - name: Profiles
    description: Maintained static, dynamic, and custom-bucket profiles scoped by namespace
  - name: Content Management
    description: List, get, update, and delete content and memories
  - name: Namespaces
    description: List and manage isolated namespaces and their settings
  - name: Connectors
    description: >-
      Sync external sources such as Google Drive, Notion and GitHub into a
      namespace
  - name: Organization
    description: Read and update organization-wide settings
paths:
  /ns/{namespace}/document:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Content Management
      summary: Delete documents
      description: >-
        Permanently remove documents and their derived knowledge by document ID
        or caller-defined ID. Each requested ID is handled independently so
        successful deletions are preserved when another ID fails.
      operationId: deleteNsByNamespaceDocument
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: namespace
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 100
            pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_:-]+$
            example: user_alex
          required: true
          description: >-
            The isolated namespace. This can be an ID for your user, a project
            ID, or any other identifier you wish to use to scope documents.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                ids:
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 100
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    minLength: 1
                    maxLength: 255
                    example: my-doc-123
                    description: A document ID or caller-defined ID
                  description: >-
                    Document identifiers to permanently delete from this
                    namespace
                  example:
                    - my-doc-123
              required:
                - ids
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  count:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                    maximum: 9007199254740991
                    description: Number of documents successfully deleted
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                          maxLength: 255
                          example: my-doc-123
                          description: The requested document identifier
                        error:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                          description: Why this document could not be deleted
                      required:
                        - id
                        - error
                      additionalProperties: false
                    description: >-
                      Per-document failures; successful deletions are not rolled
                      back
                required:
                  - count
                  - errors
                additionalProperties: false
          description: Document deletion completed
        '400':
          description: Invalid delete request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Write access required for this namespace
        '500':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Internal server error
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: typescript
          label: TypeScript SDK
          source: |-
            import { Supermemory } from "supermemory";

            const client = new Supermemory(); // reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY

            const res = await client.documents.delete("user_123", {
              ids: ["chat_session_1", "doc_roadmap"],
            });
            console.log(res.count, res.errors);
        - lang: python
          label: Python SDK
          source: >-
            from supermemory import Supermemory


            client = Supermemory()  # reads SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY


            res = client.documents.delete("user_123", ids=["chat_session_1",
            "doc_roadmap"])

            print(res.count, res.errors)
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: |-
            curl -X DELETE "https://api.supermemory.ai/ns/user_123/document" \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERMEMORY_API_KEY" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              -d '{ "ids": ["chat_session_1", "doc_roadmap"] }'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
          example: Invalid request parameters
        details:
          type: string
          description: Additional error details
          example: Query must be at least 1 character long
      required:
        - error
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Body returned when request input fails schema validation
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        error:
          type: array
          description: Validation issues
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
              path:
                type: array
                items:
                  oneOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: number
            required:
              - message
        data:
          description: The input that failed validation
      required:
        - success
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````

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