Delete an Asset verified

Learn how to delete an asset from Content Builder in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with SSJS (server-side JavaScript). Code snippets include REST API methods.

Delete asset by Id

var id = "123456";

var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "asset/v1/content/assets/" + id;

var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
    request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
    request.retries = 2;
    request.continueOnError = true;
    request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
    request.method = "DELETE";
    request.contentType = "application/json";

var results = request.send();

var result = results.statusCode;

<script runat="server">

    Platform.Load("core", "1");

    var api = new Script.Util.WSProxy();

    var restInstanceUrl = "https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.rest.marketingcloudapis.com/",
        accessToken     = "YOUR_REST_API_TOKEN";
	
	try {

        var id = "123456";

        var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "asset/v1/content/assets/" + id;

        var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
            request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
            request.retries = 2;
            request.continueOnError = true;
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
            request.method = "DELETE";
            request.contentType = "application/json";

        var results = request.send();

        var result = results.statusCode;

        Write(Stringify(result));
		
	} catch(error) {

        Write(Stringify(error));
        
    }	

</script>

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DANGER

Deleting an asset removes it permanently from the Content Builder. In order to move the asset to the Recycle Bin, please use archiving instead.

Delete category (folder) by Id

var id = "123456";

var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "asset/v1/content/categories/" + id;

var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
    request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
    request.retries = 2;
    request.continueOnError = true;
    request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
    request.method = "DELETE";
    request.contentType = "application/json";

var results = request.send();

var result = results.statusCode;

<script runat="server">

    Platform.Load("core", "1");

    var api = new Script.Util.WSProxy();

    var restInstanceUrl = "https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.rest.marketingcloudapis.com/",
        accessToken     = "YOUR_REST_API_TOKEN";
	
	try {

        var id = "123456";

        var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "asset/v1/content/categories/" + id;

        var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
            request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
            request.retries = 2;
            request.continueOnError = true;
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
            request.method = "DELETE";
            request.contentType = "application/json";

        var results = request.send();

        var result = results.statusCode;

        Write(Stringify(result));
		
	} catch(error) {

        Write(Stringify(error));
        
    }	

</script>

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