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

# Delete Documents

> Permanently delete Documents and all their associated Annotations, comments, AI Sessions, etc.



## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /api/document/delete
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Petal API Document
  description: Reference document for Petal app
  license:
    name: MIT
  version: 1.2.5
servers:
  - url: https://cite.petal.org
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: signup
  - name: extraction
  - name: referral
  - name: site
  - name: citegen
  - name: invite
  - name: user
  - name: tag
  - name: ai
  - name: notification
  - name: organization
  - name: annotation
  - name: search
  - name: attachment
  - name: collection
  - name: discourse
  - name: main
  - name: ai-create
  - name: document
  - name: payment
  - name: comment
  - name: lambda
  - name: sauce
  - name: admin
  - name: error
  - name: opengraph
  - name: default
  - name: media
  - name: file
  - name: oauth
paths:
  /api/document/delete:
    delete:
      tags:
        - document
      summary: Delete multiple documents
      description: >-
        Permanently delete Documents and all their associated Annotations,
        comments, AI Sessions, etc.
      operationId: delete_/api/document/delete
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentDelMultiBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse'
          description: OK
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          description: Unprocessable Entity
components:
  schemas:
    DocumentDelMultiBody:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        document_ids:
          items:
            type: integer
          title: Document IDs
          description: Unique IDs of Documents to delete
          type: array
      required:
        - document_ids
      title: DocumentDelMultiBody
      type: object
    SuccessResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        success:
          default: true
          title: Success
          type: boolean
      title: SuccessResponse
      type: object
    ValidationError:
      description: Model of a validation error response.
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError.ValidationErrorElement'
      title: ValidationError
      type: array
    ValidationError.ValidationErrorElement:
      description: Model of a validation error response element.
      properties:
        ctx:
          title: Error context
          type: object
        loc:
          items:
            type: string
          title: Missing field name
          type: array
        msg:
          title: Error message
          type: string
        type:
          title: Error type
          type: string
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationErrorElement
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````