--- updatedAt: 2026-04-20T20:26:21.000Z agentTools: projectIndex: https://docs.wistia.com/llms.txt --- # Delete Subfolder Deletes one subfolder and moves its media to the folder's root level. The subfolder is soft-deleted and is no longer accessible via the API. To delete multiple subfolders and their media, use the Bulk Delete Subfolders endpoint. ## Requires api token with one of the following permissions ``` Read, update & delete anything ``` Tokens with the "Act with a team member's permissions" permission (`all:delegate_to_contact_permissions` scope) can also be used. Requests made with such a token are authorized using the permissions of the contact assigned to the token. An [expiring access token](https://docs.wistia.com/reference/post_expiring-token) created with the `all:delegate_to_contact_permissions` scope and an authorization granting the `update` permission on this folder can also be used. # OpenAPI definition ````json { "openapi": "3.1.1", "info": { "title": "Data API", "description": "Wistia Data API", "version": "2026.09.0" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.wistia.com/modern" } ], "security": [ { "BearerAuth": [] } ], "tags": [ { "name": "Subfolders" } ], "paths": { "/folders/{folderId}/subfolders/{subfolderId}": { "delete": { "summary": "Delete Subfolder", "x-speakeasy-group": "subfolders", "x-speakeasy-name-override": "delete", "description": "Deletes one subfolder and moves its media to the folder's root level. The subfolder is soft-deleted and is no longer accessible via the API. To delete multiple subfolders and their media, use the Bulk Delete Subfolders endpoint.\n\n## Requires api token with one of the following permissions\n```\nRead, update & delete anything\n```\n\nTokens with the \"Act with a team member's permissions\" permission\n(`all:delegate_to_contact_permissions` scope) can also be used. Requests\nmade with such a token are authorized using the permissions of the\ncontact assigned to the token.\n\nAn [expiring access token](https://docs.wistia.com/reference/post_expiring-token)\ncreated with the `all:delegate_to_contact_permissions` scope and an\nauthorization granting the `update` permission on this folder can also\nbe used.\n", "parameters": [ { "name": "folderId", "in": "path", "description": "The hashed ID of the folder", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "abc123def4" ] } }, { "name": "subfolderId", "in": "path", "description": "The hashed ID of the subfolder", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "xyz789ghi0" ] } }, { "name": "X-Wistia-API-Version", "in": "header", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string", "default": "2026-09" } } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "Subfolder deleted successfully", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "unevaluatedProperties": false, "allOf": [ { "type": "object", "description": "A subfolder within a folder that contains media.", "properties": { "hashed_id": { "description": "A unique alphanumeric identifier for this subfolder.", "type": [ "string", "null" ], "examples": [ "abc123def4" ] }, "name": { "description": "The display name of the subfolder.", "type": [ "string", "null" ], "examples": [ "Marketing Videos" ] }, "description": { "description": "A description for the subfolder.", "type": [ "string", "null" ], "examples": [ "Collection of all marketing and promotional videos" ] }, "position": { "description": "The position of this subfolder within its folder, used for ordering.", "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "examples": [ 1 ] }, "created": { "description": "The date when the subfolder was created.", "type": [ "string", "null" ], "format": "date-time", "examples": [ "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00" ] }, "updated": { "description": "The date when the subfolder was last modified.", "type": [ "string", "null" ], "format": "date-time", "examples": [ "2024-01-20T14:45:00+00:00" ] }, "cursor": { "description": "A cursor for stable pagination based on current `sort_by` order. You can pass this to `cursor[before]` or `cursor[after]` as a parameter to fetch the records before or after this record in the same sort order. This is only populated if records were fetched with `cursor[enabled]`, or `cursor[before]` or `cursor[after]`.", "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "required": [ "hashed_id", "position", "created", "updated" ] } ] }, "example": { "id": 123, "hashed_id": "xyz789ghi0", "name": "Marketing Videos", "description": "Collection of all marketing and promotional videos", "position": 1, "created": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00", "updated": "2024-01-20T14:45:00+00:00" } } } }, "401": { "description": "Unauthorized, invalid or missing token", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "unevaluatedProperties": false, "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "description": "A machine-readable identifier for the specific authorization failure.", "type": "string", "enum": [ "unauthorized_credentials", "account_inactive", "unauthorized_scope", "unauthorized_params" ] }, "error": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "Invalid credentials." ] } } } } } }, "403": { "description": "Forbidden, token is valid but account does not have access to feature", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "unevaluatedProperties": false, "type": "object", "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "Webinars are not available on your current plan" ] } } } } } }, "404": { "description": "Folder or subfolder not found", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "unevaluatedProperties": false, "type": "object", "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "Subfolder with ID xyz789ghi0 not found." ] } } } } } }, "500": { "description": "Internal server error", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "unevaluatedProperties": false, "type": "object", "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "Internal server error" ] } } } } } } }, "tags": [ "Subfolders" ], "x-readme": { "code-samples": [ { "name": "Typescript (SDK)", "language": "javascript", "code": "import { Wistia } from \"@wistia/wistia-api-client\";\n\nconst wistia = new Wistia({\n bearerAuth: process.env[\"WISTIA_BEARER_AUTH\"] ?? \"\",\n});\n\nasync function run() {\n const result = await wistia.subfolders.delete({\n folderId: \"abc123def4\",\n subfolderId: \"xyz789ghi0\",\n });\n\n console.log(result);\n}\n\nrun();" } ] } } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "BearerAuth": { "type": "http", "scheme": "bearer" } } }, "x-readme": { "samples-languages": [ "javascript", "shell", "node", "python", "ruby" ] } } ````