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1---
2title: Delete a memory
3url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/memory_stores/memories/delete
4---
1# Delete a memory
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6## Delete a memory
3**DELETE** `/v1/memory_stores/{memory_store_id}/memories/{memory_id}`
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8**delete** `/v1/memory_stores/{memory_store_id}/memories/{memory_id}`
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105Delete a memory
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12### Path Parameters
7## Path parameters
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149- `memory_store_id: string`
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1611- `memory_id: string`
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18### Query Parameters
13## Query parameters
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2015- `expected_content_sha256: optional string`
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2217 Query parameter for expected_content_sha256
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24### Header Parameters
19## Headers
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2621- `"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta`
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10095 - `"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"`
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102### Returns
97## Returns
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104- `BetaManagedAgentsDeletedMemory object { id, type }`
99- `BetaManagedAgentsDeletedMemory object`
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106101 Tombstone returned by [Delete a memory](/docs/en/api/beta/memory_stores/memories/delete). The memory's version history persists and remains listable via [List memory versions](/docs/en/api/beta/memory_stores/memory_versions/list) until the store itself is deleted.
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112107 - `type: "memory_deleted"`
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114 - `"memory_deleted"`
109## Example
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116### Example
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118```http
111```bash
119112curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/memory_stores/$MEMORY_STORE_ID/memories/$MEMORY_ID \
120113 -X DELETE \
121114 -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
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123116 -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
124117```
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126#### Response
119### Response (200)
127120
128121```json
129122{
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