---
search:
  tags:
    - Categories V2
    - DELETE
seo:
  description: >-
    Bulk-deletes categories and their children. Deleted ids… Reference for the
    DELETE /api/v2/{team_slug}/{app_slug}/categories endpoint in the Management
    API v2.
sidebar:
  label: Delete categories
  badge: DELETE
title: Delete categories
type: openapi-operation
---
Bulk-deletes categories and their children. Deleted ids are returned in data.

`DELETE /api/v2/{team_slug}/{app_slug}/categories`

**Request body** (`application/json`, required)

- `categories` (DeleteCategoryItem[], required)

Request body example:

```json
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Responses**

- `200` — OK (partial success possible)
- `400` — Request-level failure
- `401` — Request-level failure
- `403` — Request-level failure
- `500` — Request-level failure

Response example, 200:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "slug": "string",
      "parent_id": "1c6ca187-e61f-4301-8dcb-0e9749e89eef",
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "message": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```