> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://apidocs.royalti.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete Template

> **DELETE /defaultsettings/templates/{templateId}**

## Description

**DELETE /defaultsettings/templates/{templateId}**

**Description:**
Permanently delete a template. Only the template creator can delete it (unless it's a system template).

**Method:**
`DELETE`

**Path Parameters:**

| Parameter  | Type | Description              | Required |
| ---------- | ---- | ------------------------ | -------- |
| templateId | uuid | ID of template to delete | Yes      |

## Code Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const response = await fetch('https://api.royalti.io/defaultsettings/templates/example-id', {
    method: 'DELETE',
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.delete(
    'https://api.royalti.io/defaultsettings/templates/example-id',
  )

  data = response.json()
  print(data)
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X DELETE https://api.royalti.io/defaultsettings/templates/example-id \

  ```
</CodeGroup>


## OpenAPI

````yaml delete /defaultsettings/templates/{templateId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Royalti.io API
  description: "# Royalti API\r\n\r\nThis is the Royalti music royalty management platform API server.\r\n\r\n## Overview\r\n\r\nThe Royalti API provides comprehensive music royalty management services including:\r\n- Music publishing and writer management\r\n- Royalty processing and analytics\r\n- DDEX integration for music industry standards\r\n- File processing and pattern recognition\r\n- Payment processing and distribution\r\n\r\n## Authentication\r\n\r\nThe API uses JWT-based authentication with multiple protection levels:\r\n- Public endpoints for basic operations\r\n- Protected endpoints requiring valid JWT tokens\r\n- Admin endpoints for administrative functions\r\n\r\n## Features\r\n\r\n- Multi-dimensional royalty analytics\r\n- CWR (Collective Works Registration) support\r\n- DDEX integration for music metadata\r\n- Advanced file processing with pattern recognition\r\n- Real-time data processing with queue system"
  version: 2.6.0
  contact:
    name: Royalti.io Support
    email: support@royalti.io
    url: https://royalti.io
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://royalti.io/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.royalti.io
    description: Production server
  - url: https://api-dev.royalti.io
    description: Development server
  - url: http://localhost:8084
    description: Local development
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Accounting
    description: Accounting and financial transaction operations
  - name: DDEX
    description: DDEX operations (ERN/MEAD, messages, delivery, providers)
  - name: Label
    description: Label management operations
  - name: Internal Webhooks
    description: Internal system webhooks for royalty processing and downloads
  - name: Payment Webhooks
    description: Payment processor webhook endpoints
  - name: Billing Webhooks
    description: Stripe billing and subscription webhooks
  - name: Infrastructure Webhooks
    description: Cloudflare domain and SSL webhooks
  - name: Distribution Webhooks
    description: Digital distribution platform webhooks (FUGA)
paths:
  /defaultsettings/templates/{templateId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Templates
      summary: Delete Template
      description: >-
        **DELETE /defaultsettings/templates/{templateId}**


        **Description:**

        Permanently delete a template. Only the template creator can delete it
        (unless it's a system template).


        **Method:**

        `DELETE`


        **Path Parameters:**


        | Parameter | Type | Description | Required |

        | --- | --- | --- | --- |

        | templateId | uuid | ID of template to delete | Yes |
      parameters:
        - name: templateId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          description: ID of the template to delete
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Template deleted successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: true
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Template deleted successfully
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: error
              message:
                type: string
                example: Unauthorized
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: error
              message:
                type: string
                example: Resource not found
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: error
              message:
                type: string
                example: Internal server error
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Format: "Bearer
        {token}"

````