## Delete a comment

**delete** `/v2/comments/{id}`

Deletes a comment by its unique identifier.

### Deletion Behavior

- **Comments with replies**: Soft delete

  - Content is replaced with "[deleted]"
  - Author information is anonymized
  - Comment remains visible to maintain conversation context
  - Votes and scores are reset to 0

- **Comments without replies**: Hard delete

  - Comment is permanently removed from the database
  - All associated data is deleted

### Permissions

- Comment authors can delete their own comments
- Admins can delete any comment (subject to permissions)
- Lite seat admins can only delete their own comments
- Non-authors require `manage_comments` or `manage_comments_private` permission

### Response

Returns a deletion confirmation:

```json
{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "object": "comment",
  "deleted": true
}
```

### Errors

- `400` - Invalid comment ID format
- `403` - Not authorized to delete this comment
- `404` - Comment not found or doesn't belong to your organization

### Path Parameters

- `id: string`

  Comment unique identifier

### Header Parameters

- `"Featurebase-Version": optional "2026-01-01.nova" or "2025-12-12.clover"`

  - `"2026-01-01.nova"`

  - `"2025-12-12.clover"`

### Returns

- `id: string`

  Unique identifier of the deleted comment

- `deleted: true`

  Indicates the resource was deleted

  - `true`

- `object: "comment"`

  Object type identifier

  - `"comment"`

### Example

```http
curl https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comments/$ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $FEATUREBASE_API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "comment"
}
```