# What is the proper request body format for saved\_objects/\_bulk\_delete API?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-proper-request-body-format-for-saved-objects-bulk-delete-api/346813
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-proper-request-body-format-for-saved-objects-bulk-delete-api/346813 "2023-11-09T16:00:26Z")
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### Author: ![Evgeni\_Dzhelyov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/evgeni_dzhelyov/32/56047_2.png) [@Evgeni\_Dzhelyov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Evgeni_Dzhelyov)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-proper-request-body-format-for-saved-objects-bulk-delete-api/346813/1 "2023-11-09T16:00:26Z")

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I'm unable to use the bulk\_delete API on 8.8.2 neither using Kibana Console or curl. Can you give me a working example?

```bash
curl -X POST "http://localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_bulk_delete" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
[
  {
    "type": "url",
    "id": "6995dc78e1239361610f02309ee9a5fe",
  },
  {
    "type": "dashboard",
    "id": "my-dashboard",
  }
]
'

```

gives me `{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"Invalid request payload JSON format"}`

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### Author: ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-proper-request-body-format-for-saved-objects-bulk-delete-api/346813/2 "2023-11-22T21:41:36Z")

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Hello,

This is our documentation for it - [Bulk delete object API | Kibana Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/saved-objects-api-bulk-delete.html)

Could you please recheck your command and see what happens if you execute it in dev console?

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-proper-request-body-format-for-saved-objects-bulk-delete-api/346813/3 "2023-12-20T21:42:30Z")

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