# Delete an empty folder

> A folder that still holds sub-folders or resources is refused with 409: move or delete them first. Answers the deleted folder. With validate_only, the same checks run and 204 answers, nothing is deleted.

Source: https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/delete_folder

`DELETE https://api.stacksync.com/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{folder_id}`

- Operation: `delete_folder`
- Resource: Folders
- Access: writes data

## Authentication

- `Authorization: Bearer <key>`: A workspace API key (workspace_…, created by a workspace owner under Workspace settings > Stacksync API) acts with editor rights on that workspace only; a user API key (user_…, created under Profile > Stacksync API) acts as that user in every workspace they belong to. POST, PUT and PATCH requests must send Content-Type: application/json. Every authentication failure answers 403.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace_id` | integer | Yes | The workspace. List the ones your key can reach with GET /v1/workspaces. |
| `folder_id` | string (uuid) | Yes | The folder. |

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `region` | string (besg \| usnv) | Yes | Region of the resource: besg (Europe) or usnv (United States), as GET /v1/regions lists them |
| `validate_only` | boolean, default false | No | Run every check of the write and answer 204 without writing: a refused write answers the error the write would |

## Returns

### 200 OK

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `folder_id` | string | Yes |  |
| `folder_name` | string | Yes |  |
| `folder_resource_id` | string | Yes |  |
| `parent_folder_id` | string \| null | Yes | The folder it is in; None at the root |
| `region` | string (besg \| usnv) | Yes |  |

### 204 No Content

No body.

## Example request

```bash
curl -X DELETE "https://api.stacksync.com/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{folder_id}?region=besg" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STACKSYNC_API_KEY"
```

## Example response (200)

```json
{
  "folder_id": "<folder_id>",
  "folder_name": "<folder_name>",
  "folder_resource_id": "<folder_resource_id>",
  "parent_folder_id": "<parent_folder_id>",
  "region": "besg"
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Meaning | Body |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 400 | Bad Request | `{ "error": string, "msg": string, "field": string \| null }` |
| 403 | Forbidden | `{ "error": string, "msg": string, "field": string \| null }` |
| 404 | Not Found | `{ "error": string, "msg": string, "field": string \| null }` |
| 409 | Conflict | `{ "error": string, "msg": string, "field": string \| null }` |

## Related

- [API Reference overview](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference): base URLs, regions, pagination, idempotency and errors
- [Authentication](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/authentication): API keys and the 403 answers
- OpenAPI document: https://docs.stacksync.com/openapi.json
- [List the resources in a folder](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/list_folder_resources)
- [List the resources at the root](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/list_root_folder_resources)
- [Get a folder](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/get_folder)
- [Get the folder tree](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/get_folder_tree)
- [Create a folder](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/create_folder)
- [Rename a folder](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/update_folder)
- [Move resources into a folder](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/move_resources_to_folder)
- [Move resources to the root](https://docs.stacksync.com/api-reference/folders/move_resources_to_root_folder)