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# Delete the submission of one compliance document of a worker contract

DELETE https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/{contract_id}/compliance-documents/{document_id}

Deletes what the authenticated worker submitted against a compliance document of one of their Global Payroll contracts. This removes EVERY file of the requirement, not one file: there is no per-file delete on this endpoint. The action is permanent and the files cannot be recovered. The requirement itself is not removed — after the delete it is still listed, as a requirement with nothing submitted, and it can be submitted again. The response carries no body. Only Global Payroll contracts are supported.

 **Token scopes**: `worker:write`

Reference: https://developer.deel.com/api/reference/endpoints/workers/delete-worker-contract-compliance-document-submission-v-2026-08-25

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — ## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

## Servers

- `https://api.letsdeel.com/rest` (Production, default)
- `https://api-staging.letsdeel.com/rest` (Demo)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `contract_id` (string, required) — Public id of the Global Payroll contract the documents belong to.
- `document_id` (string, required) — Public UUID of the compliance document requirement, as returned in `id` by the list endpoint.

## Response

### 204

Submission deleted successfully. No response body.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request — the requirement has nothing submitted against it, so there is nothing to delete.

- `errors` (list of WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Errors that occurred while processing the request.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized — the access token is missing, expired or invalid.

- `errors` (list of WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Errors that occurred while processing the request.

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden — the worker does not hold this contract, or the token lacks the required scope.

- `errors` (list of WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Errors that occurred while processing the request.

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found — `document_id` is not part of the contract.

- `errors` (list of WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Errors that occurred while processing the request.

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable entity — the contract is not a Global Payroll contract, so compliance documents are not available on this endpoint. The error code is `WORKER_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED`.

- `errors` (list of WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Errors that occurred while processing the request.

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too many deletions from this worker in a short window. Deletions are rate limited per authenticated worker, on a budget separate from submissions: back off and retry rather than looping.

- `any`

### 500 Internal Server Error

Operation failed.

- `request` (ApiErrorRequest, optional)
- `errors` (list of ApiError, optional)

## Types

### WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems

- `code` (string, required) — Machine-readable error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable explanation.
- `field` (string, optional, nullable) — Field that caused the error, when the error is about one.

### ApiErrorRequest

- `method` (string, optional) — The HTTP method of the failed request
- `url` (string, optional) — The relative URL of the failed request
- `status` (double, optional) — The status code of the response
- `api_req_id` (string, optional) — The request ID of the failed request
- `docs` (string, optional) — A link to the official documentation for the requested endpoint resource
- `source` (string, optional) — The source handler which produced the returned error
- `code` (double, optional) — The code of the source handler which produced the returned error

### ApiError

- `message` (string, optional) — A description of the returned error
- `path` (string, optional) — The JSON path where input validation failed

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1"

	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(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1")

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
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/workers/contracts/37nex2x/compliance-documents/c106a26a-21bb-5538-8bf2-57095d1976c1")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```