Manage Posts
Delete Posts
DELETE
/
2
/
tweets
/
{id}
Delete Posts
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"deleted": true
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
OAuth2UserTokenUserToken
The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.
FlowAuthorization Code
- Authorization URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
- Token URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
Scopes3
users.read
View any account you can see, including protected accounts.
tweet.read
View all posts you can see, including those from protected accounts.
tweet.write
Create and repost on your behalf.
Path Parameters
Unique identifier of a Post
Pattern:
^[0-9]{1,19}$Example:
"1346889436626259968"
⌘I
Delete Posts
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/tweets/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"deleted": true
},
"errors": [
{
"detail": "<string>",
"resource_type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"type": "https://api.x.com/2/problems/resource-not-found",
"parameter": "<string>",
"resource_id": "<string>",
"status": 123,
"value": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}