# Delete Collection

DELETE https://api.credal.ai/api/v0/documentCollections/deleteCollection
Content-Type: application/json

Delete the collection.

Reference: https://docs.credal.ai/api-reference/api-reference/document-collections/delete-collection

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `collectionId` (UUID, required)

## Response

### 200

- `collectionId` (UUID, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "collectionId": "ac20e6ba-0bae-11ef-b25a-efca73df4c3a"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "collectionId": "ac20e6ba-0bae-11ef-b25a-efca73df4c3a"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript Example0
import { CredalClient } from "@credal/sdk";

async function main() {
    const client = new CredalClient({
        apiKey: "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
    });
    await client.documentCollections.deleteCollection({
        collectionId: "ac20e6ba-0bae-11ef-b25a-efca73df4c3a",
    });
}
main();

```

```python Example0
from credal import CredalV0
import uuid

client = CredalV0(
    api_key="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
)

client.document_collections.delete_collection(
    collection_id=uuid.UUID("ac20e6ba-0bae-11ef-b25a-efca73df4c3a"),
)

```

## Related pages

- [Credal | Documentation](../index.md)
- [Overview](./api-reference-v-0-overview.md)
- [Docs](../guides.md)
- [Introduction](./getting-started-introduction.md)
- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Service Accounts](./api-reference-v-0-service-accounts.md)
- [Quickstart](./getting-started-quickstart.md)
- [Overview](./api-reference-v-1-overview.md)
- [Overview](./getting-started-tutorials-common-first-agents-employee-onboarding-assistant-overview.md)
- [OAuth Setup](./api-reference-v-1-o-auth-setup.md)

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