Bulk Delete Categories

DELETE 
/api/categories

Bulk delete multiple product categories by their IDs. Only leaf categories can be deleted.

Required scope: products:write

Grant this scope to your token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens.

Authentication: Requires Bearer token.

Request body:

• ids (required) — array of category IDs to delete

Requires permission: categories.delete

Request

Responses

200

OK

Response Headers

Content-Type

401

Unauthenticated — the bearer token is missing, revoked, expired, or malformed. Never retry automatically; fix the credential. See the Errors guide.

403

Forbidden — the token lacks a required scope, the endpoint is not available to API tokens, or the user behind the token lacks the permission. A human must adjust the token scopes or user permissions; do not retry.

429

Rate limited — platform limit is 1,000 requests/min; individual tokens may carry lower limits. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. See the Rate Limits guide.