> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gc.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delete a Vault > Permanently delete an archived vault, its columns, its views, its extracted data, and its connector links. This cannot be undone. The documents themselves are removed from storage in the background over the following minutes. Archive the vault first with `POST /vaults/{id}/archive`. Deleting a live vault returns `409`, so an accidental call cannot destroy an active vault. Requires the `owner` role in the vault and the organization-level permission to manage vaults. Requires a user-scoped API key (`u:gcai_...`). A vault is shared with named people, so an organization-scoped key has no identity to resolve vault access with. ## OpenAPI ````yaml DELETE /vaults/{id} openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: GC AI External API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The GC AI External API allows programmatic access to GC AI's chat capabilities. It's designed for integration with workflow automation tools like Zapier, Make, n8n, or custom applications. ## Authentication All API requests must include an API key in the `Authorization` header: ``` Authorization: gcai_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ``` API keys can be created in the GC AI app under **Settings → API**. ## Multi-turn Conversations Conversations can span multiple turns: pass the `chat_id` returned by a completion back on your next request to continue the same chat. See [Multi-turn Conversations](/api-reference/concepts/multi-turn). ## Current Limitations The following is not yet available via API: - **Interactive clarification**: the model cannot pause to ask the caller a follow-up question; the `askUserQuestions` tool is disabled on the API surface ## Usage Usage is tracked and viewable in the GC AI app under **Settings → API → View Usage**. ## Support For API support, contact [support@gc.ai](mailto:support@gc.ai) or reach out to your account representative. contact: email: support@gc.ai servers: - url: https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1 description: Production server security: [] tags: - name: Async Jobs description: Poll the status and result of asynchronous API jobs - name: Chat description: AI chat completion endpoints - name: Chats description: Chat management, message history, and sharing endpoints - name: Contract Intelligence description: Vault discovery and document ingestion endpoints for Contract Intelligence - name: Files description: File upload and management endpoints - name: Folders description: Folder management endpoints - name: Playbooks description: Playbook review endpoints - name: Profiles description: Personal and company profile endpoints - name: Projects description: Project management endpoints - name: Skills description: Skill library management endpoints - name: Utility description: Health check and connectivity endpoints - name: Usage description: Usage and credit/billing reporting endpoints paths: /vaults/{id}: delete: tags: - Contract Intelligence summary: Delete a vault description: >- Permanently delete an archived vault, its columns, its views, its extracted data, and its connector links. This cannot be undone. The documents themselves are removed from storage in the background over the following minutes. Archive the vault first with `POST /vaults/{id}/archive`. Deleting a live vault returns `409`, so an accidental call cannot destroy an active vault. Requires the `owner` role in the vault and the organization-level permission to manage vaults. Requires a user-scoped API key (`u:gcai_...`). A vault is shared with named people, so an organization-scoped key has no identity to resolve vault access with. operationId: deleteVault parameters: - schema: type: string format: uuid description: The vault ID required: true description: The vault ID name: id in: path responses: '200': description: Vault deleted content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VaultDeleteResponse' '401': description: Missing or malformed API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '403': description: >- Contract Intelligence is not enabled for this account. Contact support to request access., or the caller is not a vault owner content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '404': description: Vault not found or access denied content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '409': description: Archive the vault before deleting it permanently content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '422': description: >- Vault access is per-user and requires a user-scoped API key (u:gcai_...). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '429': description: >- Rate limit exceeded. See [Rate Limits](/api-reference/concepts/rate-limits) for the tiers, limits, and how to back off. headers: Retry-After: schema: type: string description: Seconds to wait before retrying after a rate-limit block. example: '60' required: true description: Seconds to wait before retrying after a rate-limit block. RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string description: Request quota for the applicable window. example: '3' required: true description: Request quota for the applicable window. RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: string description: Requests remaining in the current window. example: '0' required: true description: Requests remaining in the current window. RateLimit-Reset: schema: type: string description: Seconds until the quota resets. example: '60' required: true description: Seconds until the quota resets. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '500': description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '503': description: Service temporarily unavailable headers: Retry-After: schema: type: string description: >- Seconds to wait before retrying after a transient service outage. example: '5' required: true description: >- Seconds to wait before retrying after a transient service outage. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] components: schemas: VaultDeleteResponse: type: object properties: deleted: type: boolean description: Always `true` on success required: - deleted Error: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error message code: type: string description: >- Machine-readable error code present on some errors (e.g. `RATE_LIMITED`, `INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS`, `TRIAL_NOT_STARTED`, `BILLING_NOT_CONFIGURED`). Branch on this rather than the human-readable `error` string. message: type: string description: Additional error details details: type: object additionalProperties: nullable: true description: Validation error details (for 400 errors) required: - error securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization description: |- API key for authentication. Format: `gcai_xxxxxxxxx` Create API keys in the GC AI app under Settings → API. ````