---
title: "Delete Group"
slug: "delete-group"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/delete-group"
stale: true
---

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# Delete Group

Post/api/v1/groups.delete

Delete a private room.

The following permissions are required:

- `delete-p`: To delete a private channel.
- `delete-team-group`: To delete a private channel that is part of a team.

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0.71.0 | Removed `group` property |
| 0.49.0 | Added |

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Body parameters<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='149de173-13c1-4e8e-9c0a-9e67ac8c6e65'>application/json</option>
</select>object  roomIdstring    

Enter the room ID. This parameter is required if no `roomName` is provided. You can find the IDs by using any of the following endpoints:

- [Get List of User Groups](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-list-of-user-groups): This endpoint returns all private channels in the workspace, if you have the required permissions to view them.
- [Get Groups](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-groups): This endpoint returns the private channels that you are a member of.

ExampleByehQjC44FwMeiLbX
roomNamestring    

Enter the room name. This parameter is required if no `roomId` is provided.

Exampleprivate-abc

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='74ad505f-3c61-48ed-813e-f456a3af0579'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='817cb042-1c05-4e5f-86a5-f95abe70eb2c'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "success": true
}
```

object  successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='77ec9505-92dd-4ab1-b253-7f8a50409122'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='c40e5b58-e32e-44b6-9ac4-93f41f64e305'>No permission</option>
</select>No permission

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Not allowed [error-not-allowed]",
  "errorType": "error-not-allowed",
  "details": {
    "method": "eraseRoom"
  }
}
```

Expand Allobject  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    
detailsobject  methodstring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='f9653c78-d502-4194-9841-ceb2c1896459'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='03a775da-a3a3-47ad-a31e-d9afa7d762e7'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

```json
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
}
```

object  statusstring    
messagestring