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Item → Delete

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Summary

Delete an item from a specified collection in Directus.

Inputs

  • collection (required) — The collection name or ID to delete the item from.
  • itemId (required) — The ID of the item to delete.

Output shape

Array of objects, each containing the deleted item's data under the 'json' key and a 'pairedItem' reference indicating the processed input index.

The array length matches the number of items processed; may be empty if no items were matched or an error occurred. The returned data structure follows the node's standard pairedItem format.

Examples

Example 1: Delete the item with ID 42 from the 'users' collection.

resource: item, operation: Delete, collection: users, itemId: 42

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