# Delete profile

> Markdown version of https://docs.postlake.dev/api/delete-profiles-by-id . The canonical page for humans.
> PostLake is the social media API for AI agents: https://postlake.dev/llms.txt

`DELETE /v1/profiles/{id}`

Delete a profile. This ALSO disconnects every channel in it, and reconnecting each one requires its owner to approve access on that network again. It therefore refuses with 400 while channels are attached, naming them, unless `?force=true` is passed.

## Request

Authenticate with a bearer API key. Agents calling over MCP authorise with OAuth instead and never handle the key.

```bash
curl -X DELETE https://api.postlake.dev/v1/profiles/{id} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTLAKE_API_KEY"
```

### Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `force` | boolean | No | Query string. Go ahead even though channels will be disconnected. |


## Response

Deleted (`200`).

| Field | Type | Required | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `deleted` | boolean | No |  |
| `disconnected` | array of string | No | The channels that went with it. |



### Example

```json
{
  "deleted": false,
  "disconnected": [
    "…"
  ]
}
```


## Calling this from an agent

Agents do not call REST. They call tools. Over the hosted MCP server this operation is `list_profiles`, and the agent authorises with OAuth so your API key is never pasted into a chat or seen by the model. You control what any one agent may do: which brands it may act for, which networks it may reach, how much a day, and whether it may spend credits bought up front.

## Errors

Every failure uses one shape: a stable `type`, a granular `code`, the field at fault in `param`, and a plain-language `fix`. See https://docs.postlake.dev/errors.md .

Retries are safe: send the same `Idempotency-Key` and a call that already succeeded returns its original result rather than repeating it.

## Common questions

**Can an AI agent do this without the REST API?**

Yes. Over MCP the same job is the list_profiles tool. The agent authorises with OAuth, so no API key is pasted into a chat or seen by the model, and the answer comes back in the same normalised shape.

**Is it safe to retry this call?**

Yes. Send the same Idempotency-Key and a call that already succeeded returns its original result instead of repeating the work. That is what makes it safe to hand to an agent that retries on its own.

**What happens when it fails?**

You get one error shape: a stable type, a granular code you can branch on, the offending field in param, and a fix written so an agent can correct itself rather than stop. Full list on Errors and retries.

## Related

- [List profiles](https://docs.postlake.dev/api/get-profiles.md) `GET /v1/profiles`
- [Rename profile](https://docs.postlake.dev/api/patch-profiles-by-id.md) `PATCH /v1/profiles/{id}`
- [Create profile](https://docs.postlake.dev/api/post-profiles.md) `POST /v1/profiles`