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

# Delete Knowledge Node

> Permanently remove a node from your knowledge base by its identifier.



## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /v1/kb/nodes/{node_id}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Conduit API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Public API for Conduit.
servers:
  - url: https://api.conduit.ai
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: meta
    description: Discovery and API metadata endpoints.
  - name: agents
    description: >-
      V2 chat agent configuration, including instructions, skills, triggers, and
      automation behavior.
  - name: contacts
    description: >-
      Contact profile and contact-scoped related resources such as tickets and
      calls.
  - name: workspaces
    description: Workspaces accessible to the current API token.
  - name: escalations
    description: >-
      Chat escalations that require operator review, including message, proposed
      response, and disposition context when available.
  - name: conversations
    description: >-
      Canonical message threads. Use these endpoints to list threads, inspect
      conversation state, read transcripts, and send replies.
  - name: conversation-tags
    description: >-
      Conversation labels, root topics, and subtopics used for classification
      and topic analytics.
  - name: tickets
    description: >-
      Operational queue items tied to conversations, including ticket-scoped
      transcripts and replies.
  - name: calls
    description: Phone call records, transcripts, summaries, and recordings when available.
  - name: reservations
    description: >-
      PMS reservations synced from the workspace's integrations (Hostaway,
      Guesty, Airbnb, etc.), including guest identity, payment status, and stay
      dates.
  - name: appointments
    description: >-
      Scheduled appointments (bookings) backed by the Conduit booking service.
      Exposes allocation context and the upstream booking-service `external_id`.
  - name: helpdesk_tickets
    description: >-
      Helpdesk tickets mirrored from external helpdesk integrations (Zendesk,
      Pylon, Plain), including requester identity and upstream metadata.
  - name: kb
    description: >-
      Knowledge base search and node management. Nodes represent knowledge base
      entries (files or directories), chunks are the indexed retrieval units
      used by search.
  - name: skills
    description: >-
      Workspace agent skills that can be attached to V2 chat agents.
      Sidebar/global-assistant skills are intentionally excluded.
  - name: custom_tools
    description: >-
      Custom code tools: user-authored Python/JavaScript functions executed in a
      sandbox when an agent calls them. Includes a runtimes endpoint describing
      the entrypoint signature, return shape, and available dependencies per
      language.
  - name: inbox_types
    description: >-
      Workspace inbox types. Each id is stable and usable as a message trigger's
      `inboxTypeId` and as the `inbox_type_id` filter on list conversations.
paths:
  /v1/kb/nodes/{node_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - kb
      summary: Delete knowledge node
      description: >-
        Deletes a knowledge node and any descendant nodes. Requires a token with
        `read_write` access.
      operationId: deleteKnowledgeNode
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[a-f0-9]{24}$
            description: Knowledge node id (24 hex characters).
            example: 65f1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1
          required: true
          name: node_id
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Workspace to query.
            example: j57demo8f8x7c9v0n2q4r6t8y1u3i5o
          required: true
          name: workspace_id
          in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Knowledge node deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  deleted_count:
                    type: number
                required:
                  - deleted_count
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
        '503':
          description: Knowledge service temporarily unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                description: Standard error response.
                example:
                  error: Invalid workspace id
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Token
      description: >-
        Conduit API token. Use `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Read/write
        endpoints require a token with write access.

````