> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.moonbase.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delete a Collection > Permanently deletes a collection. ## OpenAPI ````yaml DELETE /collections/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Moonbase REST API version: v0 servers: - url: https://api.moonbase.ai/v0 security: - bearer: [] tags: - name: Inboxes description: Manage your inboxes, conversations, and messages - name: Collections description: Manage your collections and items - name: Marketing description: Manage your marketing campaigns and forms - name: Activities description: View activities and capture calls - name: Library description: Manage your meetings, files, and notes paths: /collections/{id}: delete: tags: - Collections summary: Delete a collection description: Permanently deletes a collection. parameters: - name: id in: path required: true schema: type: string description: The ID or `ref` of the Collection to delete. explode: true responses: '204': description: Deletion succeeded. '400': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Default: summary: Default value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '400' title: Bad Request detail: >- The request could not be understood due to malformed syntax or invalid parameters. '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Default: summary: Default value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '401' title: Unauthorized detail: >- Invalid or missing API key or JWT. You should provide your Moonbase API Key or JWT in the authorization header, in the format: "Authorization: Bearer MOONBASE_API_KEY" '403': description: Forbidden content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Default: summary: Default value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '403' title: Forbidden '404': description: Referenced Collection not found. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Not found: summary: Not found value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '404' title: Not Found '409': description: >- Collection cannot be deleted while it is used by a form, contains items, or is referenced by relation fields. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Form collection: summary: Form collection value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '409' title: Conflict detail: >- Collections used by forms cannot be deleted. Delete the form before deleting its collection. Collection has items: summary: Collection has items value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '409' title: Conflict detail: >- Collections with items cannot be deleted. Delete the collection's items before deleting the collection. Collection used by relation fields: summary: Collection used by relation fields value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '409' title: Conflict detail: >- Collections used by relation fields cannot be deleted. Remove the collection from those relation fields before deleting it. '422': description: System collections cannot be deleted. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: System collection: summary: System collection value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '422' title: Unprocessable Entity detail: >- System collections are managed by Moonbase and cannot be deleted. source: parameter: id '429': description: Too Many Requests content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Default: summary: Default value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '429' title: Too Many Requests '500': description: Internal Server Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Default: summary: Default value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '500' title: Internal Server Error '503': description: Service Unavailable content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors' examples: Default: summary: Default value: type: errors errors: - type: error status: '503' title: Service Unavailable detail: >- The service is temporarily unavailable, please try again later. x-codeSamples: - lang: JavaScript source: |- import Moonbase from '@moonbaseai/sdk'; const client = new Moonbase({ apiKey: process.env['MOONBASE_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted }); await client.collections.delete('id'); - lang: Python source: |- import os from moonbase import Moonbase client = Moonbase( api_key=os.environ.get("MOONBASE_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) client.collections.delete( "id", ) - lang: Go source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\n\t\"github.com/moonbaseai/moonbase-sdk-go\"\n\t\"github.com/moonbaseai/moonbase-sdk-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := moonbase.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithAPIKey(\"My API Key\"),\n\t)\n\terr := client.Collections.Delete(context.TODO(), \"id\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n}\n" - lang: Ruby source: |- require "moonbase" moonbase = Moonbase::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key") result = moonbase.collections.delete("id") puts(result) components: schemas: Errors: title: Errors description: >- The Errors object is a container that holds multiple Error objects when an API request encounters several validation or processing issues. This allows the API to return comprehensive feedback about all problems encountered in a single response. type: object properties: type: type: string const: errors errors: description: A list of `Error` objects. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' required: - type Error: title: Error description: >- The Error object represents a single error that occurred during API request processing. It provides detailed information about what went wrong, including a unique identifier, status code, and human-readable descriptions to help developers understand and resolve the issue. type: object properties: type: type: string const: error id: description: A unique identifier for this specific error instance. type: string status: description: The HTTP status code for this problem, as a string. type: string code: description: An application-specific error code string. type: string title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem. type: string detail: description: A human-readable explanation of this specific error. type: string source: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorSource' description: >- An object containing more specific information about the part of the request that caused the error. meta: type: object additionalProperties: true required: - type ErrorSource: title: ErrorSource description: >- The ErrorSource object provides additional context about the specific part of an API request that caused an error. It can point to either a field in the request document or a query parameter that contains invalid data. type: object properties: pointer: description: >- A JSON Pointer [RFC6901] to the associated entity in the request document. type: string parameter: description: A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. type: string required: [] securitySchemes: bearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: Your Moonbase API key. ````