# ownCloud Administrators Manual

# Delete Share

The following method should be used in the event that a file share should be removed.

Note: the share ID can be obtained from the output of any of the previous Share API calls or the creation of a new share.

Syntax | <Base URL>/<share id>
Method | DELETE
Argument | Share ID (int)

The following is a list of returned status codes:

HTTP Status Code | Description
100 | Successful
404 | File couldn’t be deleted

## Poster

To remove the share identified by ID 10, use the following method.

Press DELETE

## Curl

$ curl –X “DELETE” http://<user>:<password>@<ip>/ocs/v1.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/files/<share_id>

## Output

<?xml version=”1.0”?> |
<ocs> |
<meta> |
<status>ok</status> |
<statuscode>100</statuscode> | Status=100: Successful
<message/> |
</meta> |
<data/> |
</ocs> |