---
id: delete-a-highlight
title: "Delete a highlight"
description: "Delete highlight by its id"
sidebar_label: "Delete a highlight"
hide_title: true
hide_table_of_contents: true
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sidebar_class_name: "delete api-method"
info_path: API/karakeep-api
custom_edit_url: null
---

import MethodEndpoint from "@theme/ApiExplorer/MethodEndpoint";
import ParamsDetails from "@theme/ParamsDetails";
import RequestSchema from "@theme/RequestSchema";
import StatusCodes from "@theme/StatusCodes";
import OperationTabs from "@theme/OperationTabs";
import TabItem from "@theme/TabItem";
import Heading from "@theme/Heading";

<Heading
  as={"h1"}
  className={"openapi__heading"}
  children={"Delete a highlight"}
>
</Heading>

<MethodEndpoint
  method={"delete"}
  path={"/highlights/{highlightId}"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Delete highlight by its id

<Heading
  id={"request"}
  as={"h2"}
  className={"openapi-tabs__heading"}
  children={"Request"}
>
</Heading>

<ParamsDetails
  parameters={[{"schema":{"type":"string","example":"ieidlxygmwj87oxz5hxttoc8","title":"HighlightId"},"required":true,"name":"highlightId","in":"path"}]}
>
  
</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  title={"Body"}
  body={undefined}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
  id={undefined}
  label={undefined}
  responses={{"200":{"description":"The deleted highlight","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"bookmarkId":{"type":"string"},"startOffset":{"type":"number"},"endOffset":{"type":"number"},"color":{"type":"string","enum":["yellow","red","green","blue"],"default":"yellow"},"text":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"note":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"id":{"type":"string"},"userId":{"type":"string"},"createdAt":{"type":"string"}},"required":["bookmarkId","startOffset","endOffset","text","note","id","userId","createdAt"],"title":"Highlight"}}}},"404":{"description":"Highlight not found","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["code","message"]}}}}}}
>
  
</StatusCodes>