cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/archives/12345" \
-H "box-version: 2025.0" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"client.archives.delete_archive_by_id_v2025_r0(archive.id)await client.archives.deleteArchiveByIdV2025R0(archive.id);try await client.archives.deleteArchiveByIdV2025R0(archiveId: archive.id)client.getArchives().deleteArchiveByIdV2025R0(archive.getId())await client.Archives.DeleteArchiveByIdV2025R0Async(archiveId: archive.Id);{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}Archives
Delete archive
Permanently deletes an archive.
To learn more about the archive APIs, see the Archive API Guide.
This endpoint is currently unavailable. Please contact support for assistance.
DELETE
/
archives
/
{archive_id}
cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/archives/12345" \
-H "box-version: 2025.0" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"client.archives.delete_archive_by_id_v2025_r0(archive.id)await client.archives.deleteArchiveByIdV2025R0(archive.id);try await client.archives.deleteArchiveByIdV2025R0(archiveId: archive.id)client.getArchives().deleteArchiveByIdV2025R0(archive.getId())await client.Archives.DeleteArchiveByIdV2025R0Async(archiveId: archive.Id);{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}{
"type": "error",
"status": 400,
"code": "item_name_invalid",
"message": "Method Not Allowed",
"context_info": {
"message": "Something went wrong"
},
"help_url": "https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/common-errors/",
"request_id": "abcdef123456"
}Learn more about Box SDK versioning strategy.
Authorizations
The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.
Headers
Version header.
Available options:
2025.0 Path Parameters
The ID of the archive.
Response
Returns an empty response when the archive has been deleted.
Last modified on January 23, 2026
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