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DELETE
/
folders
/
{folder_id}
cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/4353455" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
{
  "type": "error",
  "status": 400,
  "code": "item_name_invalid",
  "message": "Method Not Allowed",
  "context_info": {
    "message": "Something went wrong"
  },
  "help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
  "request_id": "abcdef123456"
}
This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.Learn more about Box SDK versioning strategy.

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Headers

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if-match
string

Ensures this item hasn't recently changed before making changes.

Pass in the item's last observed etag value into this header and the endpoint will fail with a 412 Precondition Failed if it has changed since.

Path Parameters

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folder_id
string
required

The unique identifier that represent a folder.

The ID for any folder can be determined by visiting this folder in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/folder/123 the folder_id is 123.

The root folder of a Box account is always represented by the ID 0.

Query Parameters

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recursive
boolean

Delete a folder that is not empty by recursively deleting the folder and all of its content.

Response

Returns an empty response when the folder is successfully deleted or moved to the trash.