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title: "Delete a reader"
slug: "how-to-delete-a-reader"
updated: 2025-06-12T07:20:55Z
published: 2025-06-12T07:22:11Z
canonical: "apidocs.document360.com/how-to-delete-a-reader"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://apidocs.document360.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a reader

You can use Document360’s API to delete a reader associated with your **Private** or **Mixed** project in the knowledge base portal. This helps simplify and automate reader management.

To delete a reader from the knowledge base portal, follow these steps:

1. Retrieve the reader ID.
2. Delete the reader using the API.

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## Prerequisites for deleting a reader

Before you delete a reader in the knowledge base portal, complete the following authorization steps in Postman.

### Authorization

To authorize requests in Postman, make sure your API token is added and the appropriate Base URL is set.

1. Click **Document360 Customer API** in the category tree.
2. In the Postman **Workbench**, go to the **Variables** tab.
3. In the **Variables** tab, check the **Initial** and **Current** values of the `baseUrl` variable.

This value should already be set to `https://apihub.document360.io`. If not, update both fields accordingly.
4. Add a new variable for your API token. For example, name it `api_token`.

Paste your API token from Document360 into both the **Initial value** and **Current value** fields.
5. Go to the **Authorization** tab and enter the variable you created in the **Value** field.

For example, enter `{{api_token}}` if your variable is named `api_token`.

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Once you've completed these steps, you're ready to start using Document360 APIs in **Postman**.

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## Delete a reader using Document360’s API

To delete a reader, you need:

- Reader ID

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### Retrieve the reader id

To delete a reader from the project, you need the corresponding reader id. This step helps you retrieve the reader id.

1. In Postman, under **Document360 Customer API**, expand **v2** > **Readers**.
2. Click **Get all available readers from the project**, then click **Send**.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> If you are searching for a specific reader, you can search for them by their email. In the **Params** tab, enter the reader’s email in the `searchEmail` field.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2b5c503e-f283-4987-b5a8-2b71b454ecec/Images/Documentation/1_Screenshot-Get_all_available_readers_from_project.jpg)

1. In the response body, locate the `reader_id` of the reader you wish to delete.

> [!TIP]
> PRO TIP
> 
> To locate the desired reader’s `reader_id`, look for the `“first_name”` or `“last_name”` field on the response to identify the corresponding reader quickly.

### Delete the reader

After retrieving the reader ID, use this request to delete the reader from the project.

1. Under **v2**, expand **Readers** > **{readerId}**.
2. Click **Delete a reader from the project**.
3. In the Params tab, provide:
  - `reader_id`: Paste the reader ID
4. Click **Send**.

If successful, the API will return a `200 OK` status and `“success”: true`. The reader will now be deleted from the project.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2b5c503e-f283-4987-b5a8-2b71b454ecec/Images/Documentation/2_Screenshot-Deletes_all_readers_from_the_project.jpg)