> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.case.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete vault

> Permanently deletes a vault and all its contents including documents, vectors, graph data, and S3 buckets. This operation cannot be undone. For large vaults, use the async=true query parameter to queue deletion in the background.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /vault/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Case.dev API
  description: >-
    The AI-native platform for legal technology. Build smarter legal
    applications with our suite of AI-powered APIs.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Case.dev Support
    email: support@casemark.com
    url: https://case.dev
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://case.dev/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.case.dev
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Vaults
    description: Secure document storage with semantic search and GraphRAG
  - name: Memory
    description: >-
      Persistent memory for AI agents with semantic search and 12 generic
      indexed tag fields
  - name: OCR
    description: Extract text from PDFs, images, and scanned documents
  - name: Voice
    description: Audio transcription and text-to-speech
  - name: LLMs
    description: Access 40+ language models through a unified API
  - name: Search
    description: Web search, AI answers, and deep research
  - name: Mail
    description: Managed inboxes for agent email workflows
  - name: Media
    description: Transcript retrieval and captioned media clip generation
  - name: Legal
    description: Legal research tools including citation verification
  - name: Privilege
    description: Privilege detection for e-discovery and litigation workflows
  - name: Compute
    description: Serverless GPU and CPU infrastructure
  - name: Format
    description: Document formatting and template rendering (MD/JSON to PDF/DOCX)
  - name: SuperDoc
    description: Document conversion and template automation
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management
  - name: System
    description: Public system metadata and discovery endpoints
  - name: Usage
    description: Usage reporting and webhook subscriptions
  - name: Database
    description: Serverless PostgreSQL databases with instant branching
  - name: Translation
    description: Language detection and translation for multilingual legal workflows
  - name: Skills
    description: Search and read legal AI skills for agents
  - name: Agents
    description: >-
      Create, manage, and execute AI agents with tool access, sandbox
      environments, and async run workflows
  - name: Matters
    description: Matter-native legal workspaces and orchestration primitives
  - name: Applications Projects
    description: Web application project management
  - name: Applications Deployments
    description: Web application deployment management
  - name: Applications Domains
    description: Custom domain configuration for applications
  - name: Applications Env Vars
    description: Environment variable management for applications
paths:
  /vault/{id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Vaults
      summary: Delete vault
      description: >-
        Permanently deletes a vault and all its contents including documents,
        vectors, graph data, and S3 buckets. This operation cannot be undone.
        For large vaults, use the async=true query parameter to queue deletion
        in the background.
      operationId: deleteVault
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Vault ID to delete
        - name: async
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: boolean
            default: false
          description: >-
            If true and vault has many objects, queue deletion in background and
            return immediately
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vault deleted successfully (or deletion queued if async)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  status:
                    type: string
                    description: Either 'deleted' or 'deletion_queued'
                  deletedVault:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      name:
                        type: string
                      objectsDeleted:
                        type: integer
                      vectorsDeleted:
                        type: integer
                      bytesFreed:
                        type: integer
              example:
                success: true
                status: deleted
                deletedVault:
                  id: vault_abc123
                  name: Contract Repository
                  objectsDeleted: 150
                  vectorsDeleted: 4200
                  bytesFreed: 2847362048
        '202':
          description: Deletion queued (async mode for large vaults)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  status:
                    type: string
                  vaultId:
                    type: string
                  workflowId:
                    type: string
                    description: Workflow run ID for tracking deletion progress
                  estimatedObjects:
                    type: integer
                  message:
                    type: string
        '400':
          description: Missing vault ID
        '401':
          description: Invalid API key
        '403':
          description: API key does not have vault service access
        '404':
          description: Vault not found
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: API key starting with `sk_case_`

````