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Use this endpoint to permanently remove a patient record. The operation is irreversible — once deleted, the patient and their associated data cannot be recovered through the API. Returns 204 No Content on success with no response body.

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Request

DELETE https://api.clinikapi.com/v1/patients/{id}

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Headers

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x-api-key
string
required
Your ClinikAPI secret key (clk_live_* or clk_test_*).

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Path Parameters

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id
string
required
The ID of the patient to delete (e.g. pt_abc123).

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Response

Returns 204 No Content with an empty body on success. If the patient does not exist or does not belong to your tenant, the API returns 404 Not Found.

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Examples

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curl

curl -X DELETE https://api.clinikapi.com/v1/patients/pt_abc123 \
  -H "x-api-key: clk_live_abc123"

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TypeScript SDK

import { ClinikAPI } from "@clinikapi/sdk";

const client = new ClinikAPI({ apiKey: "clk_live_abc123" });

await client.patients.delete("pt_abc123");
// Resolves with no value on success (204)