--- updatedAt: 2026-04-22T06:40:18.000Z agentTools: projectIndex: https://developers.dovetail.com/llms.txt --- # Delete doc Delete a doc. Deleted docs end up in your specific project's trash. They can be restored for up to 30 days before they're automatically and permanently deleted. Returns the updated doc object. > 🚧 Permissions > > Please check you have the relevant permissions required to access this resource. This may include specific permissions on the object itself or its parent, or having the correct user role if you're making updates. # OpenAPI definition ```json { "openapi": "3.0.2", "paths": { "/v1/docs/{doc_id}": { "delete": { "description": "Delete a doc.\n\nDeleted docs end up in your specific project's trash. They can be restored for up to 30 days before they're automatically and permanently deleted.\n\nReturns the updated doc object.\n\n> 🚧 Permissions\n>\n> Please check you have the relevant permissions required to access this resource. This may include specific permissions on the object itself or its parent, or having the correct user role if you're making updates.\n", "summary": "Delete doc", "tags": [ "Docs" ], "parameters": [ { "name": "doc_id", "in": "path", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string", "title": "Doc ID" }, "description": "Unique identifier of the doc." } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "200", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "url": { "type": "string", "description": "The URL of this resource in the Dovetail web app. This field is experimental and may change without notice." }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "type": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "doc" ] }, "fields": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "label": { "type": "string", "description": "The field's label (name). Must match an existing field label when updating, or will create a new field when creating." }, "value": { "oneOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "boolean" }, { "type": "number" }, { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } } ], "nullable": true, "description": "The field's value. Type depends on the field type: string for TEXT/EMAIL/URL/PHONE, boolean for BOOLEAN, number for NUMBER/NPS, string (ISO 8601) for DATETIME, string array for SELECT, or string (contact name) for PERSON. Null to clear the value." }, "type": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "BOOLEAN", "DATETIME", "EMAIL", "NPS", "NUMBER", "PERSON", "PHONE", "SELECT", "TEXT", "URL" ], "description": "Include the desired type when creating a new field. If omitted or left empty, the field type defaults to TEXT. Do not include this property when referencing an existing field." } }, "required": [ "label", "value" ] } }, "created_at": { "type": "string" }, "deleted": { "type": "boolean" }, "project": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "nullable": true } }, "required": [ "id" ] }, "folder": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "id" ], "nullable": true }, "files": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique identifier of the file." }, "name": { "type": "string", "description": "The file's original name." }, "type": { "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The file's MIME type (e.g. 'image/png', 'video/mp4'). Null if unknown." }, "size": { "type": "number", "nullable": true, "description": "Size of the file in bytes. Null if unknown." }, "status": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "completed", "pending", "failed" ], "description": "Processing status of the file. 'pending' while being processed, 'completed' when ready, or 'failed' if processing encountered an error." }, "author": { "oneOf": [ { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "name": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "id" ] }, { "type": "string", "format": "null", "nullable": true } ], "nullable": true, "description": "The user who uploaded the file, or null if the author is unknown." }, "created_at": { "oneOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "string", "format": "null", "nullable": true } ], "nullable": true, "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the file was created." }, "url": { "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Permanent URL pointing at the **Download a file** endpoint. Safe to cache and store — the URL itself never expires, but calling it requires the same authentication as other API endpoints and returns a short-lived presigned URL each time. The endpoint performs its own readiness and access checks." } }, "required": [ "id", "name", "type", "size", "status", "author", "created_at", "url" ] } }, "cover_image": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique identifier of the file." }, "name": { "type": "string", "description": "The file's original name." }, "type": { "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The file's MIME type (e.g. 'image/png', 'video/mp4'). Null if unknown." }, "size": { "type": "number", "nullable": true, "description": "Size of the file in bytes. Null if unknown." }, "status": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "completed", "pending", "failed" ], "description": "Processing status of the file. 'pending' while being processed, 'completed' when ready, or 'failed' if processing encountered an error." }, "author": { "oneOf": [ { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "name": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "id" ] }, { "type": "string", "format": "null", "nullable": true } ], "nullable": true, "description": "The user who uploaded the file, or null if the author is unknown." }, "created_at": { "oneOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "string", "format": "null", "nullable": true } ], "nullable": true, "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the file was created." }, "url": { "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "URL to download the cover image. Only available when the file has been fully processed." } }, "required": [ "id", "name", "type", "size", "status", "author", "created_at", "url" ], "nullable": true } }, "required": [ "id", "title", "type", "fields", "created_at", "deleted", "project", "folder", "files", "cover_image" ] } }, "required": [ "data" ] } } } }, "400": { "description": "400", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "ValidationError" ] }, "title": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Contract violation" ] }, "message": { "type": "string" }, "path": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title", "message", "path" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "401": { "description": "401", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Unauthorized" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "403": { "description": "403", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Forbidden" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "404": { "description": "404", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "NotFound" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "422": { "description": "422", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "UnprocessableContent" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title", "message" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "429": { "description": "429", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "TooManyRequests" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "500": { "description": "500", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "InternalError" ] }, "title": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Internal server error" ] }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } } } } } }, "info": { "title": "Dovetail Public API", "version": "0.0.1", "description": "The Dovetail Public API provides programmatic access to your Dovetail workspace.\n\n## Core concepts\n\n- **Projects** — Containers for organizing qualitative research. They hold data, docs, highlights, tags, and insights.\n- **Data** — Documents within a project that capture raw research data such as interview transcripts, survey responses, and session recordings. Available via `/v1/data`. The legacy `/v1/notes` endpoints access the same underlying resource.\n- **Docs** — Rich-text documents for writing up research reports, sharing findings, and publishing deliverables. Docs replace the deprecated insights resource.\n- **Highlights** — Selected passages of text or time ranges in transcripts that have been marked as significant during analysis.\n- **Tags** — Labels applied to highlights to categorize findings (e.g. 'Usability Issue', 'Feature Request').\n- **Channels** — Automated AI-powered pipelines that continuously analyze high-volume customer feedback (app reviews, NPS, support tickets) into structured topics.\n- **Contacts** — People in your contacts database such as interview participants or customers.\n- **Folders** — Hierarchical containers for organizing projects, docs, channels, and other content.\n- **Files** — Attachments (images, documents, audio, video) that can be embedded in docs, data entries, or insights.\n\n## Authentication\n\nAll requests require a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header. Generate API tokens from your Dovetail workspace settings.\n\n## Base URL\n\nAll API endpoints are served under `https://dovetail.com/api`." }, "security": [ { "bearerAuth": [] } ], "components": { "securitySchemes": { "bearerAuth": { "type": "http", "scheme": "bearer" } } }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://dovetail.com/api" }, { "url": "https://dovetailapp.com/api" } ] } ```