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# Delete a session

> Delete a Session.

`DELETE /api/v1/cloud/sessions/{session_id}`

Deletes a Session and returns a deletion confirmation.

## Path parameters

| Parameter    | Type   | Description                        |
| ------------ | ------ | ---------------------------------- |
| `session_id` | string | Session ID with the `sess_` prefix |

## Headers

| Header          | Required | Description         |
| --------------- | -------- | ------------------- |
| `Authorization` | Yes      | `Bearer $QODER_PAT` |

## Example request

```bash theme={null}
curl -X DELETE https://api.qoder.com/api/v1/cloud/sessions/sess_019e3bb1e8c171fd9abbb1477ffb84cc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QODER_PAT"
```

## Example response

**HTTP 200 OK**

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": "sess_019e3bb1e8c171fd9abbb1477ffb84cc",
  "type": "session_deleted"
}
```

Successful deletion is signalled by `"type": "session_deleted"` in the response body.

## Errors

| HTTP | Type                   | Trigger                |
| ---- | ---------------------- | ---------------------- |
| 401  | `authentication_error` | PAT invalid or expired |
| 404  | `not_found_error`      | Session does not exist |

**HTTP 404 Not Found**

```json theme={null}
{
  "type": "error",
  "request_id": "cb80235f-76a2-4ff3-9e28-5aa2da12dc14",
  "error": {
    "type": "not_found_error",
    "message": "Session 'sess_does_not_exist_0000000000000000000000000000' was not found."
  }
}
```

See [Errors](/cloud-agents/api/conventions/errors) for the full error envelope.