# Deletes an absence period by ID.

Deletes an absence period by ID.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "title": "Absence Period API",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "description": "Read API for Absence Entities."
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.personio.de"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "BearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Absence Periods",
      "description": "Endpoints related to absences taken by employees and the rules that define them."
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v2/absence-periods/{id}": {
      "delete": {
        "summary": "Deletes an absence period by ID.",
        "description": "Deletes an absence period by ID.",
        "tags": [
          "Absence Periods"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/AbsencePeriodId"
          }
        ],
        "x-path-examples": {
          "204 Delete a period": {
            "value": "/papi/v2/absence-periods/fd19f19d-a272-4ea5-b46a-07ecdfc05be3"
          },
          "404 Not found": {
            "value": "/papi/v2/absence-periods/fd19f19d-a272-4ea5-b46a-07ecdfc05be3"
          },
          "403 Forbidden": {
            "value": "/papi/v2/absence-periods/fd19f19d-a272-4ea5-b46a-07ecdfc05be3"
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "204": {
            "description": "Resource deleted successfully.",
            "x-response-example": "204 Delete a period"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/ForbiddenErrorResponse"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/ResourceNotFound"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "AbsencePeriodId": {
        "name": "id",
        "in": "path",
        "description": "The ID of the absence period.",
        "required": true,
        "example": "493eff0a-2c5a-467e-8966-f70b4e3805a6",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "ResourceNotFound": {
        "description": "Resource not found.",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "description": "This object is used to describe the use case where a specific requested resource does not exist.",
              "x-papi-gateway-errors": [
                {
                  "code": "common.requested_resource_not_found",
                  "description": "The requested resource was not found. The resource could have been deleted or never existed in our system\""
                }
              ],
              "properties": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/responses/ForbiddenErrorResponse/content/application~1problem%2Bjson/schema"
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "404 Not found": {
                "value": {
                  "personio_trace_id": "aswo3f-a202lfso-312123sld-1230ddd",
                  "timestamp": "2021-05-28T11:17:30+00:00",
                  "errors": [
                    {
                      "title": "Resource not found",
                      "detail": "The requested resource was not found. The resource could have been deleted or never existed in our system.",
                      "type": "https://developer.personio.de/reference/errors#common.requested_resource_not_found"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "ForbiddenErrorResponse": {
        "description": "Access to this endpoint is denied.",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "This object represents an error response.",
              "properties": {
                "personio_trace_id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "aswo3f-a202lfso-312123sld-1230ddd",
                  "description": "A unique ID that was created for this error."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "date-time",
                  "example": "2021-05-28T11:17:30.000Z",
                  "description": "The timestamp of when the error occurred."
                },
                "errors": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "title": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "Not found",
                        "description": "The title of the error."
                      },
                      "detail": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "The requested resource was not found.",
                        "description": "A short description about the error."
                      },
                      "type": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "uri",
                        "example": "https://developer.personio.de/reference/errors#common.requested_resource_not_found",
                        "description": "A link to the developer hub where more information can be found for the encountered error."
                      },
                      "_meta": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "additionalProperties": {
                          "type": "string"
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "403 Forbidden": {
                "value": {
                  "personio_trace_id": "8b46fa09-d8fe-4de0-be03-f0a1d48df766",
                  "timestamp": "2021-05-28T11:17:30Z",
                  "errors": [
                    {
                      "title": "Access Denied",
                      "detail": "Access to this endpoint is denied."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```