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DELETE
/
v1
/
blocks
/
{block_id}
Delete a block
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/{block_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Notion-Version: <notion-version>'
{
  "object": "<unknown>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "invalid_json",
  "status": "<unknown>",
  "additional_data": {}
}
To restore the block with the API, use the Update a block or Update page respectively.
Integration capabilitiesThis endpoint requires an integration to have update content capabilities. Attempting to call this API without update content capabilities will return an HTTP response with a 403 status code. For more information on integration capabilities, see the capabilities guide.

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Errors

Returns a 404 HTTP response if the block doesn’t exist, or if the integration doesn’t have access to the block. Returns a 400 or 429 HTTP response if the request exceeds the request limits. Note: Each Public API endpoint can return several possible error codes. See the Error codes section of the Status codes documentation for more information

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

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Notion-Version
enum<string>
required

The API version to use for this request. The latest version is 2025-09-03.

Available options:
2025-09-03

Path Parameters

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block_id
string
required

Response

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object
any
required
​
message
string
required
​
code
enum<string>
required
Available options:
invalid_json,
invalid_request_url,
invalid_request,
missing_version,
validation_error
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status
any
required
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additional_data
object