Delete asset Delete an asset from the user's Projects.
You can delete an asset by specifying its assetId
. This operation mirrors the behavior
in the Canva UI. Deleting an item moves it to the trash.
Deleting an asset doesn't remove it from designs that already use it.
HTTP method and URL path
DELETE https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /assets/{assetId}
This operation is rate limited to 30 requests per minute for each user of your integration.
Authentication
This endpoint requires a valid access token that acts on behalf of a user. The token must have the following scopes (permissions):
For more information, see Scopes .
Provides credentials to authenticate the request, in the form of a Bearer
token.
For example: Authorization: Bearer {token}
Path parameters
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/assets/{assetId}
endpoint:
cURL Node.js Java Python C# Go PHP Ruby
curl --request DELETE 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}'
const fetch = require ( "node-fetch" ) ;
fetch ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" , {
method : "DELETE" ,
headers : {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}" ,
} ,
} )
. then ( async ( response ) => {
const data = await response . json ( ) ;
console . log ( data ) ;
} )
. catch ( err => console . error ( err ) ) ;
import java . io . IOException ;
import java . net . URI ;
import java . net . http . * ;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main ( String [ ] args ) throws IOException , InterruptedException {
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest . newBuilder ( )
. uri ( URI . create ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" ) )
. header ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
. method ( "DELETE" , HttpRequest . BodyPublishers . noBody ( ) )
. build ( ) ;
HttpResponse < String > response = HttpClient . newHttpClient ( ) . send (
request ,
HttpResponse . BodyHandlers . ofString ( )
) ;
System . out . println ( response . body ( ) ) ;
}
}
import requests
headers = {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}"
}
response = requests . delete ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" ,
headers = headers
)
print ( response . json ( ) )
using System . Net . Http ;
var client = new HttpClient ( ) ;
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod . Delete ,
RequestUri = new Uri ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" ) ,
Headers =
{
{ "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" } ,
} ,
} ;
using ( var response = await client . SendAsync ( request ) )
{
response . EnsureSuccessStatusCode ( ) ;
var body = await response . Content . ReadAsStringAsync ( ) ;
Console . WriteLine ( body ) ;
} ;
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main ( ) {
url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}"
req , _ := http . NewRequest ( "DELETE" , url , nil )
req . Header . Add ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
res , _ := http . DefaultClient . Do ( req )
defer res . Body . Close ( )
body , _ := io . ReadAll ( res . Body )
fmt . Println ( string ( body ) )
}
$curl = curl_init ( ) ;
curl_setopt_array ( $curl , array (
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" ,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE" ,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true ,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array (
'Authorization: Bearer {token}' ,
) ,
) ) ;
$response = curl_exec ( $curl ) ;
$err = curl_error ( $curl ) ;
curl_close ( $curl ) ;
if ( empty ( $err ) ) {
echo $response ;
} else {
echo "Error: " . $err ;
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
url = URI ( 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}' )
http = Net :: HTTP . new ( url . host , url . port )
http . use_ssl = true
request = Net :: HTTP :: Delete . new ( url )
request [ 'Authorization' ] = 'Bearer {token}'
response = http . request ( request )
puts response . read_body
Success response
If successful, the endpoint returns the status code 204 No content
without a response body.
Try it out