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# Permanently delete an item

> Hard-deletes the item — irreversible. Removes the item row, all edges with this item as source or target, the metadata row, every extension scoped to this item, and attachment references. Blob bytes themselves are content-addressed and may be retained if referenced by other items. Admin-only; the normal `DELETE /items/{id}` is the soft-delete-via-trash path most clients want. See [Lifecycle — hard deletion](/concepts/lifecycle#hard-deletion).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /items/{id}/purge
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Marfa API
  version: 4.2.0
  description: Typed data layer for structured personal data
servers: []
security: []
paths:
  /items/{id}/purge:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Items
      summary: Permanently delete an item
      description: >-
        Hard-deletes the item — irreversible. Removes the item row, all edges
        with this item as source or target, the metadata row, every extension
        scoped to this item, and attachment references. Blob bytes themselves
        are content-addressed and may be retained if referenced by other items.
        Admin-only; the normal `DELETE /items/{id}` is the soft-delete-via-trash
        path most clients want. See [Lifecycle — hard
        deletion](/concepts/lifecycle#hard-deletion).
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
          required: true
          name: id
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Item permanently deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                    enum:
                      - true
                required:
                  - ok
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - unauthorized
                      message:
                        type: string
                      details:
                        type: object
                        additionalProperties:
                          nullable: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
        '403':
          description: Admin required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - forbidden
                      message:
                        type: string
                      details:
                        type: object
                        additionalProperties:
                          nullable: true
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key or OAuth Token
      description: Pass an API key (marfa_k1_...) or OAuth access token (marfa_at_...)

````