> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kodelabs.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delete devices in a batch > Starts a job that permanently deletes up to 1,000 devices and everything that depends on them. > [!WARNING] > > A delete cannot be undone. Each device is deleted with its points, the copies of those points, and the references other devices hold to it, exactly as with [Delete a device](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/api-reference/devices/delete-a-device.md). The delete runs as a job. Poll [Get a job](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/api-reference/buildings/get-a-job.md) with the job `_id` until `status` is `COMPLETED`, `FAILED` or `CANCELED`. > [!NOTE] > > Ids that do not match a device in this building are skipped, and the job still ends with `COMPLETED`. The job carries no per-device result. Read each device afterwards to confirm it is gone. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/kode-api.yaml post /api/v1/buildings/{buildingId}/devices/batch-delete openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: KODE API version: 1.0.0 summary: Programmatic access to KODE OS resources and operations. description: > Use the KODE API to work with buildings, data sources, connectors, devices, points, virtual devices, timeseries data, schedules, the ontology, templating, mass writes, spaces, space assignments, tenants, meters, users, actions, and AssetOps work orders. license: name: Proprietary identifier: LicenseRef-Proprietary servers: - url: https://api.kodelabs.com/kodeos description: KODE API security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: OAuth 2.0 discovery, token, and revocation endpoints. - name: Buildings description: Buildings and their areas. - name: Data sources description: Data sources connected to a building. - name: Devices description: Devices and their points. - name: Points description: Point queries and point writes. - name: Timeseries description: Current and historical point values. - name: Actions description: Actions exposed by building data sources. - name: Work orders description: AssetOps work orders, lookups, comments, and attachments. - name: Connectors description: KODE API connectors and the devices and points ingested through them. - name: Schedules description: Schedules discovered on building data sources. - name: Templating description: Apply ontology templates to groups of points. - name: Virtual devices description: Virtual devices that group points from other devices. - name: Ontology description: Canonical types, fields, units, and connections of the KODE ontology. - name: Users description: Users of the organization and their app access. - name: Mass write description: Write values to many points across buildings, and follow each run. - name: Spaces description: Levels and space units of a building, and the meters located in them. - name: Space assignments description: Assign tenants to leasable spaces of a building for a period. - name: Tenants description: Tenants of a building, the people or companies that lease its spaces. - name: Meters description: >- Meters of a building, their space assignments, parent and child links, and readings. paths: /api/v1/buildings/{buildingId}/devices/batch-delete: post: tags: - Devices summary: Delete devices in a batch description: >- Starts a job that permanently deletes up to 1,000 devices and everything that depends on them. operationId: batchDeleteDevices parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BuildingId' requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BatchDeleteDevicesPayload' required: true responses: '202': description: The job was accepted. Its `status` is `PROCESSING`. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobPublic' '400': description: >- The body is not valid. For example `ids` is missing, empty or has more than 1,000 entries, or an entry is blank or not a string. '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests' components: parameters: BuildingId: name: buildingId in: path required: true description: Building identifier from List buildings. schema: type: string example: 67c960faffaa42223163099e schemas: BatchDeleteDevicesPayload: type: object required: - ids properties: ids: type: array items: type: string pattern: \S maxItems: 1000 minItems: 1 JobPublic: type: object properties: _id: type: string organizationId: type: string createdAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Date' type: string readOnly: true updatedAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Date' type: string readOnly: true name: type: string description: type: string status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobStatus1' errorMessage: type: string Date: type: string description: >- Date and time in UTC, with a numeric offset and no colon, for example `2026-10-28T13:51:31+0000`. examples: - 2026-10-28T13:51:31+0000 JobStatus1: type: string enum: - PENDING - PROCESSING - PROCESSED - COMPLETED - FAILED - CANCELED responses: Unauthorized: description: The access token is missing, invalid, or expired. Request a new token. Forbidden: description: The service account lacks permission for this building or operation. TooManyRequests: description: >- A rate-limit window is exhausted. Wait, then retry with increasing delays. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: > Paste an access token from [Create an access token](/products/kode-api/api-reference/authentication/create-an-access-token). Tokens expire, so request a new one if you receive `401`. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.