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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 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. Served for Global Payroll contracts only. An independent contractor contract is not supported, nor is any other contract type.

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

Reference: https://docs.deel.wtf/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.deel.training/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 worker 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 — deleting a submission is not served for this contract type. An independent contractor contract is refused here although the other four endpoints serve it, and so is any contract that is neither Global Payroll nor independent contractor. The message names which one applies.

- `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.

- `errors` (list of WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, optional)

## Types

### WorkersContractsContractIdComplianceDocumentsDocumentIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems

- `code` (string, optional) — Machine-readable error code
- `message` (string, optional) — Human-readable explanation of the error

## 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()
```