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# Delete a Collection Export

DELETE https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/{collection_id}/export/{export_id}

Permanently deletes an export job and, if it completed, its ZIP archive. Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone — to get the data again, request a new export.

An export that is still generating cannot be deleted; wait for it to reach `complete` or `failed` first. Deleting frees up a slot toward the per-collection export job cap, and the job is immediately excluded from `GET /collections/{collection_id}/export`.

Only researchers with workspace access to the collection can delete its exports.

Reference: https://docs.prolific.com/api-reference/ai-task-builder/delete-collection-export

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) (prefixed with `Token `) — The Prolific API uses API token to authenticate requests. You can create an API token directly from your settings. Your API token does not have an expiry date and carries full permission, so be sure to keep them secure. If your token is leaked, delete it and create a new one directly in the app. In your requests add `Authorization` header with the value `Token <your token>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `collection_id` (string, required)
- `export_id` (string, required)

## Response

### 204

Export deleted

## Errors

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden — user does not have workspace access to this collection

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Export job not found (or already deleted)

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict — the export is still generating; wait for it to finish before deleting it

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required)

## Types

### ErrorDetail

- `status` (integer, required) — Status code as in the http standards
- `error_code` (integer, required) — Internal error code
- `title` (string, required) — Error title
- `detail` (ErrorDetailDetail, required) — Error detail
- `additional_information` (string, optional) — Optional extra information
- `traceback` (string, optional) — Optional debug information
- `interactive` (boolean, optional)

### ErrorDetailDetail

Error detail

### ErrorDetailDetail2

All fields with validation errors

- `any_field` (list of string, optional) — Name of the field with a validation error and as a value an array with the error descriptions

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id"

headers = {"Authorization": "Token <token>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Token <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Token <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Token <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id")
  .header("Authorization", "Token <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Token <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Token <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Token <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/data-collection/collections/collection_id/export/export_id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```