Content Management API > Record 
 Destroy items in bulk
Body parameters
  type   string  Required 
 Must be exactly "item_bulk_destroy_operation".
  relationships.items.data   Required 
 Records to delete (a maximum of 200 records are allowed per request)
Type:
Array<ResourceLinkage<"item">> 
 Examples
The response contains the ID of the asynchronous job that started:
POST https://site-api.datocms.com/items/bulk/destroy HTTP/1.1Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKENAccept: application/jsonX-Api-Version: 3Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
{  "data": {    "type": "item_bulk_destroy_operation",    "relationships": {      "items": {        "data": [          {            "type": "item",            "id": "hWl-mnkWRYmMCSTq4z_piQ"          }        ]      }    }  }}curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/items/bulk/destroy' \  -X POST \  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \  -H "Accept: application/json" \  -H "X-Api-Version: 3" \  -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \  --data-binary '{"data":{"type":"item_bulk_destroy_operation","relationships":{"items":{"data":[{"type":"item","id":"hWl-mnkWRYmMCSTq4z_piQ"}]}}}}'await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/items/bulk/destroy", {  method: "POST",  headers: {    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",    Accept: "application/json",    "X-Api-Version": "3",    "Content-Type": "application/vnd.api+json",  },  body: JSON.stringify({    data: {      type: "item_bulk_destroy_operation",      relationships: {        items: { data: [{ type: "item", id: "hWl-mnkWRYmMCSTq4z_piQ" }] },      },    },  }),});HTTP/1.1 202 AcceptedContent-Type: application/jsonCache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidateX-RateLimit-Limit: 30X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
{  "data": {    "type": "job",    "id": "4235"  }}To get the asynchronous job result, poll the job result endpoint. While the task is in progress, the endpoint returns a 404 status code. When the job completes, the status changes to 200 OK:
GET https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id HTTP/1.1Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKENAccept: application/jsonX-Api-Version: 3curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id' \   \  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \  -H "Accept: application/json" \  -H "X-Api-Version: 3"await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id", {  headers: {    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",    Accept: "application/json",    "X-Api-Version": "3",  },});HTTP/1.1 200 OKContent-Type: application/jsonCache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidateX-RateLimit-Limit: 30X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
{  "data": {    "type": "job_result",    "id": "34",    "attributes": {      "status": 200,      "payload": {        "data": [],        "meta": {          "successful": 20,          "failed": 20        }      }    }  }}