# Delete a case

Base URL `https://api.accessful.de/api/v1/upload-service`. Every request needs the `X-API-Key` header — see [Authentication](https://docs.accessful.de/authentication/).

```http
DELETE /delete/{caseId}
```

Permanently purges the case, all its iterations, and the stored files.
**Caution:** Deletion is **irreversible** — there is no soft-delete and no recovery. You can only delete
cases that belong to your key. The call is idempotent: deleting an already-removed case still returns `200`.

Need to remove several cases at once? See [Batch delete](https://docs.accessful.de/reference/delete-batch/).