> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.atomscale.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete Data Entries

> Delete one or more data entries from the catalogue

Asynchronously soft-deletes data items and their derivative results from database tables, raw buckets, and processed buckets.

<Warning>
  Deleting a data entry removes all associated raw data, processed data, and analysis results.
</Warning>

<ParamField query="data_ids" type="array" required>
  Array of data entry UUIDs to delete (passed as repeated query parameters)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="permanent" type="boolean" default="false">
  If `true`, permanently deletes the data. If `false`, performs a soft delete.
</ParamField>

## Response

Returns an array of UUIDs that were successfully deleted.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X DELETE "https://api.atomscale.ai/data_entries/?data_ids=d290f1ee-6c54-4b01-90e6-d701748f0851&data_ids=a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab" \
    -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.delete(
      "https://api.atomscale.ai/data_entries/",
      headers={"X-API-KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
      params={
          "data_ids": [
              "d290f1ee-6c54-4b01-90e6-d701748f0851",
              "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab"
          ]
      }
  )
  deleted_ids = response.json()
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 theme={null}
  [
    "d290f1ee-6c54-4b01-90e6-d701748f0851",
    "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab"
  ]
  ```
</ResponseExample>