## Delete a chat folder

`DELETE /v1/chats/folders/:folderId`

Deletes the current user's personal chat folder together with its contents and pins. The chats themselves stay in the chat list. Deletion is irreversible: a folder cannot be restored through the API — create a new one if needed.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|-----|:-----:|---------|
| `folderId` (path) | number | yes | Personal folder ID — the `id` field in [`GET /v1/chats/folders`](/docs/chats/discovery/folders). A positive integer |

There are no query parameters or body fields: any query parameter or body field is rejected with `400 INVALID_PARAMS`.

## Examples

### curl — personal key

```bash
curl -X DELETE "https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/chats/folders/127" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### curl — OAuth application

```bash
curl -X DELETE "https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/chats/folders/127" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_APP_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN"
```

### JavaScript — personal key

```javascript
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/chats/folders/127', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
})

const { success, data } = await res.json()
```

### JavaScript — OAuth application

```javascript
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/chats/folders/127', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_APP_KEY',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN',
  },
})

const { success, data } = await res.json()
```

## Response fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|------|-----|---------|
| `success` | boolean | Always `true` on success |
| `data.result` | boolean | `true` — the folder is deleted |

## Response example

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "result": true
  }
}
```

## Error response example

422 — there is no folder with this `folderId`, including when the folder has already been deleted:

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "BITRIX_ERROR",
    "message": "FOLDER_NOT_FOUND",
    "b24Code": "FOLDER_NOT_FOUND"
  }
}
```

## Errors

| HTTP | Code | Description |
|------|-----|---------|
| 400 | `INVALID_PARAMS` | `folderId` is not a positive integer, a query parameter or body field is passed, or the body is not a JSON object. Checked before any call to Bitrix24 |
| 422 | `BITRIX_ERROR` | Bitrix24 returned an error; the portal code is in `error.b24Code`: `FOLDER_NOT_FOUND` — no such folder, `FOLDER_ACCESS_DENIED` — another user's folder, `FOLDER_SYSTEM_MUTATION_FORBIDDEN` — a system folder cannot be deleted |
| 404 | `ENTITY_NOT_FOUND` | Bitrix24 answered "not found"; the portal code is in `error.b24Code` |
| 403 | `SCOPE_DENIED` | The API key does not have the `im` scope |
| 403 | `WRITE_BLOCKED_READONLY_KEY` | The key is read-only: deleting a folder is a write, see [access rights](/docs/access-rights) |
| 401 | `TOKEN_MISSING` | The API key has no Bitrix24 tokens configured |
| 502 | `BITRIX_UNAVAILABLE` | Bitrix24 is unavailable or returned a server error |

Full list of common API errors — [Errors](/docs/errors).

## Known specifics

- **`FOLDER_NOT_FOUND` arrives in `error.b24Code` of a `422 BITRIX_ERROR` response.** Do not confuse it with the `404 FOLDER_NOT_FOUND` on [Upload a file to a chat](/docs/chats/files/upload).

## See also

- [Chat folders](/docs/chats/discovery/folders)
- [Create a chat folder](/docs/chats/management/folders-create)
- [Update a chat folder](/docs/chats/management/folders-update)
- [Add chats to a folder](/docs/chats/management/folder-chats)
- [Remove chats from a folder](/docs/chats/management/folder-chats-delete)