---
title: "Delete a knowledge item"
description: "Gone for good, with its file and its passages."
url: "https://openemail.uk/docs/api/knowledge/delete"
area: "API"
category: "Mailbox"
---

# Delete a knowledge item

Gone for good, with its file and its passages.

`DELETE /knowledge/{id}`

## DELETE /knowledge/{id}

Gone for good, with its file and its passages.

## Example

Needs `knowledge:write`. The AI stops using the item at once. There is no undo.

**curl**

```
curl -X DELETE "$OE/knowledge/kb_8c1f4a2b9d7e3f60a5c7b21d" -H "$AUTH"
```

**Response**

```
{ "object": "knowledge_item", "id": "kb_8c1f4a2b9d7e3f60a5c7b21d", "deleted": true }
```

> A 404 on your own second attempt after a lost response means the first one worked.

## Reference

- [`DELETE /knowledge/{id}`](https://openemail.uk/docs/api/reference/knowledge#delete-knowledge-id): full reference