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

# Delete people in batch

> Delete up to 100 existing people in the workspace. Each record is deleted on its own: one that fails does not prevent the others from being deleted.

<Danger>
  This action is not reversible. When removing a person from the workspace, all
  of their information is deleted, including their custom field values, notes,
  and any associations with groups, companies, and other entities.
</Danger>

Each person is deleted on its own, and the response gives the outcome of every record. See [batch requests](/api-reference/batch-requests) for the 100-record limit and how to read the response.

A person designated by several records, by the same ID or through the ID of a person merged into it, is deleted once, and each of those records reports it as deleted.


## OpenAPI

````yaml post /v1/people/batch/delete
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Folk External API
  description: >-
    Folk's public REST API lets you manage workspaces, groups, contacts, and
    real-time triggers.
  version: '2025-06-09'
  contact:
    name: folk
    email: tech@folk.app
    url: https://folk.app
servers:
  - url: https://api.folk.app
    description: Folk's public API production base URL.
    x-internal: false
security: []
tags:
  - name: Companies
    description: Operations related to companies.
  - name: Deals
    description: Operations related to deals.
  - name: Groups
    description: Operations related to groups.
  - name: Group members
    description: Operations related to group members.
  - name: Group custom fields
    description: Operations related to group custom fields.
  - name: Interactions
    description: Operations related to interactions.
  - name: Notes
    description: Operations related to notes.
  - name: People
    description: Operations related to people.
  - name: Reminders
    description: Operations related to reminders.
  - name: Tasks
    description: Operations related to tasks.
  - name: Users
    description: Operations related to users.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Operations related to webhooks.
paths:
  /v1/people/batch/delete:
    post:
      tags:
        - People
      summary: Delete people in batch
      description: >-
        Delete up to 100 existing people in the workspace. Each record is
        deleted on its own: one that fails does not prevent the others from
        being deleted.
      operationId: batchDeletePeople
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 255
            description: >-
              A unique key, such as a UUID, that makes retrying this request
              safe: a retry with the same key and body returns the original
              response without running the operation again. Keys are kept for 24
              hours after the request completes.
            example: 8e03978e-40d5-43e8-bc93-6894a57f9324
          required: false
          name: Idempotency-Key
          in: header
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                records:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        minLength: 40
                        maxLength: 40
                        description: The ID of the person to delete.
                    required:
                      - id
                    example:
                      id: per_183ed5cc-3182-45de-84d1-d520f2604810
                  maxItems: 100
              required:
                - records
              example:
                records:
                  - id: per_183ed5cc-3182-45de-84d1-d520f2604810
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The outcome of each record, with the ID of each deleted person.
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
            X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
            X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            RateLimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      results:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          oneOf:
                            - type: object
                              properties:
                                status:
                                  type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - succeeded
                                data:
                                  type: object
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                  required:
                                    - id
                                  example:
                                    id: per_183ed5cc-3182-45de-84d1-d520f2604810
                              required:
                                - status
                                - data
                            - type: object
                              properties:
                                status:
                                  type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - failed
                                error:
                                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/BatchRecordError'
                              required:
                                - status
                                - error
                        description: >-
                          One result per record, in the order of `records`: the
                          first result is the outcome of the first record.
                    required:
                      - results
                    example:
                      results:
                        - status: succeeded
                          data:
                            id: per_183ed5cc-3182-45de-84d1-d520f2604810
                        - status: failed
                          error:
                            code: NOT_FOUND
                            message: Not found.
                            documentationUrl: >-
                              https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#not-found
                  deprecations:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                    example:
                      - This field is deprecated
                required:
                  - data
              example:
                data:
                  results:
                    - status: succeeded
                      data:
                        id: per_183ed5cc-3182-45de-84d1-d520f2604810
                    - status: failed
                      error:
                        code: NOT_FOUND
                        message: Not found.
                        documentationUrl: >-
                          https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#not-found
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable'
      security:
        - bearerApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  headers:
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 1000
      description: >-
        The maximum number of requests that you can make in the current rate
        limit window.
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 998
      description: The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 1747322958
      description: >-
        The time at which the current rate limit window resets, in UTC epoch
        seconds.
    X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 20
      description: >-
        The maximum number of requests that you can make in the current burst
        rate limit window.
    X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 18
      description: The number of requests remaining in the current burst rate limit window.
    X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 1747322902
      description: >-
        The time at which the current burst rate limit window resets, in UTC
        epoch seconds.
    RateLimit-Policy:
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '"default";q=600;w=60, "burst";q=20;w=2'
      description: >-
        The rate limit policies applied to the request, as defined by the IETF
        RateLimit header fields draft. `q` is the number of requests allowed per
        window and `w` the window length in seconds.
    RateLimit:
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '"default";r=598;t=42, "burst";r=18;t=1'
      description: >-
        The current usage of each rate limit policy, as defined by the IETF
        RateLimit header fields draft. `r` is the number of requests remaining
        and `t` the number of seconds until the window resets.
    Retry-After:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 60
      description: >-
        The number of seconds to wait before making a new request after hitting
        the rate limit.
  schemas:
    BatchRecordError:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
        message:
          type: string
          example: You have exceeded your rate limit.
        documentationUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#rate-limiting
        details:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          example:
            policy: burst
            limit: 20
            remaining: 0
            windowSeconds: 2
            retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:00:02.000Z'
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - documentationUrl
      description: Why this record did not succeed.
      example:
        code: NOT_FOUND
        message: Not found.
        documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#not-found
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              example: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
            message:
              type: string
              example: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            documentationUrl:
              type: string
              format: uri
              example: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#rate-limiting
            requestId:
              type: string
              format: uuid
              example: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
            timestamp:
              type: string
              format: date-time
              example: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
            details:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              example:
                policy: burst
                limit: 20
                remaining: 0
                windowSeconds: 2
                retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:00:02.000Z'
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - documentationUrl
            - requestId
            - timestamp
      required:
        - error
      description: Error response containing error details.
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              example: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
            message:
              type: string
              example: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            documentationUrl:
              type: string
              format: uri
              example: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#rate-limiting
            requestId:
              type: string
              format: uuid
              example: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
            timestamp:
              type: string
              format: date-time
              example: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
            details:
              type: object
              properties:
                policy:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - default
                    - burst
                  description: The name of the rate limit policy.
                limit:
                  type: integer
                  description: The maximum number of requests allowed per window.
                remaining:
                  type: integer
                  description: The number of requests remaining in the current window.
                windowSeconds:
                  type: integer
                  description: The length of the window, in seconds.
                retryAfter:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: When the current window resets.
                policies:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      policy:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - default
                          - burst
                        description: The name of the rate limit policy.
                      limit:
                        type: integer
                        description: The maximum number of requests allowed per window.
                      remaining:
                        type: integer
                        description: >-
                          The number of requests remaining in the current
                          window.
                      windowSeconds:
                        type: integer
                        description: The length of the window, in seconds.
                      retryAfter:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        description: When the current window resets.
                    required:
                      - policy
                      - limit
                      - remaining
                      - windowSeconds
                      - retryAfter
                  description: >-
                    The status of every rate limit policy applied to the
                    request.
              required:
                - policy
                - limit
                - remaining
                - windowSeconds
                - retryAfter
                - policies
              description: >-
                The exceeded rate limit policy. When several are exceeded, the
                one resetting last.
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - documentationUrl
            - requestId
            - timestamp
            - details
      required:
        - error
      description: Error response returned when a rate limit is exceeded.
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing an invalid parameter.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: INVALID_REQUEST
              message: The request was invalid.
              documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#bad-request
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    Unauthorized:
      description: No valid API key provided.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: UNAUTHORIZED
              message: No valid API key provided.
              documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#unauthorized
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    Forbidden:
      description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: FORBIDDEN
              message: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request.
              documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#forbidden
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource doesn’t exist.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
              message: The requested resource was not found.
              documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#not-found
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    Conflict:
      description: A request with the same `Idempotency-Key` is still being processed.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_IN_PROGRESS
              message: >-
                A request with the same Idempotency-Key is still being
                processed. Retry once it has completed.
              documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/idempotency#errors
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: >-
        The request was unacceptable, often due to missing or invalid
        parameters.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
              message: Invalid query parameters
              documentationUrl: >-
                https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#unprocessable-entity
              details:
                issues:
                  - code: too_small
                    minimum: 1
                    type: number
                    inclusive: true
                    exact: false
                    message: Number must be greater than or equal to 1
                    path:
                      - limit
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: >-
        Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential
        backoff of your requests.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining-Burst'
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset-Burst'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
          example:
            error:
              code: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
              message: You have exceeded your rate limit.
              documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#rate-limiting
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
              details:
                policy: burst
                limit: 20
                remaining: 0
                windowSeconds: 2
                retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:00:02.000Z'
                policies:
                  - policy: default
                    limit: 600
                    remaining: 412
                    windowSeconds: 60
                    retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:01:00.000Z'
                  - policy: burst
                    limit: 20
                    remaining: 0
                    windowSeconds: 2
                    retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:00:02.000Z'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Something went wrong on our end.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
              message: An internal server error occurred.
              documentationUrl: >-
                https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#internal-server-error
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
    ServiceUnavailable:
      description: The server is overloaded or down for maintenance.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
              message: The service is currently unavailable.
              documentationUrl: >-
                https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#service-unavailable
              requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
              timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key for authentication

````