---
method: DELETE
path: /api/collections/:id
auth: jwt
area: collections
---
<!-- source: internal/handlers/collections.go:464 CollectionHandler.DeleteCollection -->

# Delete Collection

Deletes a collection. Membership rows go with it; the books themselves are
untouched.

Success is **204 No Content** — there is no response body. (htmx requests
receive a small HTML redirect snippet instead; that behavior is web-internal.)

## Example request

```text
DELETE /api/collections/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
| ------ | ---- | ---- |
| 400 | `{"error": "invalid collection id"}` | malformed id |
| 500 | `{"error": "..."}` | unexpected server error |