---
title: "Delete document · Documents · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Deletes the document blob and database row. DELETE /partners/documents/{uuid}"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/documents/delete-document"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/documents/delete-document"
---
[Documents](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/documents) / Delete document

# Delete document

DELETE `/partners/documents/{uuid}`

Deletes the document blob and database row.

Blocked for Period Close system roots and Bank Statements/ paths.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=DELETE&path=%2Fpartners%2Fdocuments%2F%7Buuid%7D)

[Customers API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/customers) [Projects API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/projects)

#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

Document UUID.

#### Responses

`200` Document deleted.

`403` Document is in a protected path. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`404` Document not found.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

[Previous PUT Set document period](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/documents/set-document-period) [Next POST Initiate chunked upload](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/documents/chunk-upload-initiate)

DELETE `https://api.getcount.com/partners/documents/{uuid}`

Request

```javascript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'DELETE';
const signingPath = '/documents/d9e0f1a2-b3c4-5678-def0-890123456789';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const bodyString = '';

const bodyHash = '';
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/documents/d9e0f1a2-b3c4-5678-def0-890123456789`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 200

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Document deleted."
}
```