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# Wissensdatenbankdokument oder Ordner löschen

DELETE https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/{documentation_id}

Löscht ein Dokument oder einen Ordner aus der Wissensdatenbank.

Reference: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/knowledge-base/delete

## Servers

- `https://api.elevenlabs.io` (Production, default)
- `https://api.us.elevenlabs.io` (Production US)
- `https://api.eu.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production EU)
- `https://api.in.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production India)
- `https://api.sg.residency.elevenlabs.io` (Production Singapore)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `documentation_id` (string, required) — Die ID eines Dokuments aus der Wissensdatenbank. Sie wird beim Hinzufügen eines Dokuments zurückgegeben.

### Query parameters

- `force` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Wenn auf true gesetzt, wird das Dokument oder der Ordner gelöscht, unabhängig davon, ob es bzw. er von Agenten verwendet wird, und aus abhängigen Agenten entfernt. Bei nicht leeren Ordnern werden außerdem alle untergeordneten Dokumente und Ordner gelöscht.

## Response

### 200

Erfolgreiche Antwort

- `any`

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validierungsfehler

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"

response = requests.delete(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM';
const options = {method: 'DELETE'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/knowledge-base/21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```