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Delete a task

Guides Tasks Delete a task
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Delete a task

To remove a task, call the DELETE /tasks/:task_id API with the id of the task.

cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/tasks/12345" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
Node/TypeScript v10
await client.tasks.deleteTaskById(task.id!);
Python v10
client.tasks.delete_task_by_id(task.id)
.NET v10
await client.Tasks.DeleteTaskByIdAsync(taskId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(task.Id));
Swift v10
try await client.tasks.deleteTaskById(taskId: task.id!)
Java v10
client.getTasks().deleteTaskById(task.getId())
.NET v6
await client.Tasks.DeleteTaskByIdAsync(taskId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(task.Id));
Node v4
await client.tasks.deleteTaskById(task.id!);