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# Delete a finished job

> Remove a terminal job from API listings asynchronously. Review deletion responses and understand how source and output retention differ.

Remove a terminal job from the API asynchronously. This operation does not immediately delete the source file or output data.

Start with [Parse your first document](/transform/first-request).


## OpenAPI

````yaml transform/api/production-openapi.json DELETE /api/v2/jobs/{jobId}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Unstructured Transform API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: >-
    One document in, the parsed document back. A single call takes a document
    and returns structured output; no job graph, no strategy selection, no model
    provider setup, and no polling loop. An optional schema switches the request
    from parse-only to parse-then-extract.
servers:
  - url: https://transform.unstructured.io
    description: Transform API
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Parse
    description: Document parsing and structured extraction.
  - name: Extract
    description: Structured fields from a parse that already exists.
  - name: Jobs
    description: Status and results of jobs.
  - name: Upload
    description: Upload and manage scratch documents
paths:
  /api/v2/jobs/{jobId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Jobs
      summary: Delete a completed parse or extraction job
      description: >-
        Deletes a terminal job from the API's visible set. Deletion is
        asynchronous and idempotent. Source and output blobs follow retention
        policy and are not synchronously removed by this operation.
      operationId: jobsDelete
      parameters:
        - name: jobId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobId'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: The deletion request was accepted.
        '401':
          description: The caller must provide a valid credential to delete a job.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                authenticationRequired:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/AuthenticationRequired'
        '403':
          description: The caller is not permitted to delete this job.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                forbidden:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobChangeForbidden'
        '404':
          description: The job does not exist or is not visible to this caller.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                jobNotFound:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobNotFound'
        '409':
          description: The job is not terminal and cannot be deleted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                jobNotTerminal:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobNotTerminal'
        '502':
          description: The job service failed while deleting the job.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                upstreamFailure:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/JobDeleteFailed'
components:
  schemas:
    JobId:
      type: string
      example: 9eb6c914-02a5-4c5d-8490-a06476946a38
      description: >-
        Identifies one piece of work, whichever path submitted it. The same id
        the blocking call returns.
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      description: A machine-readable code and an actionable message.
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
        message:
          type: string
          description: What went wrong, and what to do about it.
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      enum:
        - invalid_input
        - missing_input
        - invalid_output_format
        - output_option_unavailable
        - malformed_schema_json
        - schema_too_large
        - invalid_schema
        - unauthorized
        - quota_exceeded
        - file_too_large
        - unsupported_file_type
        - could_not_parse
        - rate_limited
        - parse_job_failed
        - profile_unavailable
        - result_expired
        - parse_not_complete
        - parse_expired
        - internal_error
        - not_found
        - method_not_allowed
        - job_not_terminal
        - forbidden
  examples:
    AuthenticationRequired:
      summary: Credential is missing or invalid
      value:
        code: unauthorized
        message: >-
          Authentication required: send either an 'unstructured-api-key' header
          or 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'.
    JobChangeForbidden:
      summary: Caller cannot change this job
      value:
        code: forbidden
        message: You are not allowed to change this job.
    JobNotFound:
      summary: Job is absent or not visible
      value:
        code: not_found
        message: No such job.
    JobNotTerminal:
      summary: Job is not ready for deletion
      value:
        code: job_not_terminal
        message: Job must be terminal before deletion.
    JobDeleteFailed:
      summary: Job deletion dependency failed
      value:
        code: parse_job_failed
        message: The job could not be deleted. Retry the request.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: unstructured-api-key
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

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