Delete screenshot

Endpoint

DELETE https://api.screenshotly.dev/v1/screenshots/{screenshotId}

Deletes the screenshot record and removes the image from storage. This action triggers a screenshot.deleted webhook event if configured.

Headers

Header	Required	Description
`X-API-Key`	Yes	Your API key

Path parameters

string

required

The unique ID of the screenshot to delete.

Response

200 OK

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Screenshot successfully deleted",
  "data": {
    "_id": "67b8a1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "status": "completed",
    "isDeleted": true,
    "deletedAt": "2025-05-15T08:00:00.000Z",
    "deletedSize": 245760
  }
}

number

Size of the deleted image file in bytes.

Error responses

Status	Code	Description
401	`missing_api_key` / `invalid_api_key`	Invalid or missing API key
403	`forbidden`	You don’t own this screenshot
404	`not_found`	Screenshot ID doesn’t exist

Example

curl -X DELETE https://api.screenshotly.dev/v1/screenshots/67b8a1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0 \
  -H "X-API-Key: $SCREENSHOTLY_API_KEY"

Overview

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Screenshots

Resources

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Response

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