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updatedAt: 2026-06-04T19:58:43.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.wristband.dev/llms.txt
---

# Delete Client

Deletes the specified client

### Required Permissions

Below is the list of required permissions needed to interact with this API.  For each permission, the allowed permission boundaries are also specified.

| Permission        | Boundary              | Description                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **client:delete** | Application           | The subject can delete all clients under the application to which the subject belongs.                                             |
|                   | Tenant                | The subject can delete all clients associated with the tenant to which the subject belongs.                                        |
|                   | Tenant Inclusion List | The subject can delete all clients associated with tenants specified in the tenant inclusion list.                                 |
|                   | Tenant Exclusion List | The subject can delete all clients associated with tenants in the subject's application that are not on the tenant exclusion list. |
|                   | Self                  | A client subject can delete itself.                                                                                                |

# OpenAPI definition

```json
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  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Resource Management APIs",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Resource Management APIs",
    "license": {
      "name": "Private",
      "url": "https://wristband.dev/terms/"
    },
    "termsOfService": "https://wristband.dev/terms/",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Wristband Support",
      "email": "support@wristband.dev",
      "url": "https://wristband.dev/contact/"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{application_vanity_domain}",
      "description": "Wristband application scoped URL.",
      "variables": {
        "application_vanity_domain": {
          "default": "yourapp-yourorg.us.wristband.dev",
          "description": "Wristband vanity domain scoped to a specific application."
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "OAuth2 Clients",
      "description": "OAuth2 Clients",
      "x-displayName": "OAuth2 Clients"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/clients/{clientId}": {
      "parameters": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Resource_Management_APIs_ClientId"
        }
      ],
      "delete": {
        "summary": "Delete Client",
        "operationId": "deleteClientV1",
        "tags": [
          "OAuth2 Clients"
        ],
        "responses": {
          "204": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_204"
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_400-default"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_401"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_403"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_404-client-not-found"
          },
          "406": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_406"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_500"
          },
          "503": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Resource_Management_APIs_503"
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "Resource_Management_APIs_BearerAuth": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_ClientId": {
        "name": "clientId",
        "description": "The ID of the client that the resource or action is scoped to.",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 26,
          "example": "ooh7efjffnbwairfhzkakzjtem"
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_api-error": {
        "title": "ApiError",
        "type": "object",
        "description": "API error object",
        "x-examples": {
          "Example 1": {
            "code": "invalid_request",
            "message": "The request was invalid",
            "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
          }
        },
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "base_error",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "The type of the API error.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "invalid_request",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "A code identifying the error that occurred.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "The request was invalid",
            "description": "A free text message describing the error.  This error message is only meant to help developers understand the cause of the error.  It should not be used for programmatic purposes.",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "ticket": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
            "description": "Ticket that can help correlate the error to the backend",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "details": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "A map of details about the error. The keys are defined by the API.",
            "additionalProperties": {},
            "example": {
              "attemptsRemaining": 4
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "type",
          "code"
        ]
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_constraint-violations-api-error": {
        "title": "ConstraintViolationsApiError",
        "description": "An API error that occurred due to a constraint violation",
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "readOnly": true,
            "required": [
              "violations"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "violations": {
                "type": "object",
                "readOnly": true,
                "required": [
                  "code"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "code": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "A code identifying the constraint violation.",
                    "minLength": 1,
                    "example": "too_long"
                  },
                  "constraintAttributes": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "description": "A map of constraint attribute values.",
                    "additionalProperties": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "example": {
                      "maxLength": "10"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "x-examples": {
          "Example 1": {
            "type": "constraint_violations_error",
            "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
            "message": "The request contained invalid fields",
            "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
            "violations": {
              "field1": {
                "code": "too_long",
                "constraintAttributes": {
                  "maxLength": "10"
                }
              },
              "field2": {
                "code": "not_null"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "Resource_Management_APIs_204": {
        "description": "No Content"
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_401": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "headers": {
          "WWW-Authenticate": {
            "description": "Includes details on the failed authentication condition. This header is set in accordance with the [OAuth2 specification](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750#section-3).",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "Bearer error=\"invalid_token\", error_description=\"The provided access token was invalid\""
            }
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unauthenticated": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "invalid_access_token",
                  "message": "The provided access token was invalid",
                  "ticket": "1u0d0edhwbjsd"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_403": {
        "description": "Forbidden",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - unauthorized": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "unauthorized",
                  "message": "The request failed authorization",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_406": {
        "description": "Not Acceptable",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - not_acceptable": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "not_acceptable",
                  "message": "The Accept header was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_500": {
        "description": "Internal Server Error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - internal_server_failure ": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "internal_server_failure",
                  "message": "An unexpected error occurred while processing the request",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_503": {
        "description": "Service Unavailable",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - service_unavailable": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "service_unavailable",
                  "message": "The service is currently unavailable",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_400-default": {
        "description": "Bad Request",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
                },
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_constraint-violations-api-error"
                }
              ]
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - invalid_request": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "invalid_request",
                  "message": "The request was invalid",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              },
              "code - request_constraint_violations": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "constraint_violations_error",
                  "code": "message_body_constraint_violations",
                  "message": "The message body contained invalid fields",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t",
                  "violations": {
                    "field1": {
                      "code": "too_long",
                      "constraintAttributes": {
                        "maxLength": 10
                      }
                    },
                    "field2": {
                      "code": "not_null"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Resource_Management_APIs_404-client-not-found": {
        "description": "Not Found",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Resource_Management_APIs_api-error"
            },
            "examples": {
              "code - client_not_found": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "base_error",
                  "code": "client_not_found",
                  "message": "Client could not be found",
                  "ticket": "11t7n71hi5e6t"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-tagGroups": [
    {
      "name": "Resource Management APIs",
      "tags": [
        "Applications",
        "Auth Factors",
        "Auth Sessions",
        "Auth Session Policies",
        "Bot Detection Policies",
        "Custom Claims",
        "Custom Domains",
        "Email Brandings",
        "Email Domains",
        "Email Policies",
        "External IdP Profiles",
        "External IdP Tokens",
        "Identity Providers",
        "IdP Attribute Mappings",
        "IdP Role Mappings",
        "MFA Policies",
        "OAuth2 Clients",
        "Page Brandings",
        "Password Policies",
        "Permissions",
        "Permission Boundaries",
        "Permission Groups",
        "Refresh Tokens",
        "Remembered Tenants",
        "Roles",
        "Role Assignment Policies",
        "Signing Keys",
        "Tenants",
        "Users",
        "User Schemas",
        "Vanity Domains",
        "Webhook Policies",
        "Workflow Policies"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```