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# Delete shortcut

> Deletes a shortcut by handle. The handle is either the shortcut's `slug` or its `id` (UUID). The slug becomes immediately reusable for a new shortcut. Idempotent — re-deleting an already-deleted shortcut returns `not_found`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /v1/shortcuts/{handle}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Lora API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Internal API for managing company short links
servers:
  - url: https://api.uselora.com
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/shortcuts/{handle}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Shortcuts
      summary: Delete shortcut
      description: >-
        Deletes a shortcut by handle. The handle is either the shortcut's `slug`
        or its `id` (UUID). The slug becomes immediately reusable for a new
        shortcut. Idempotent — re-deleting an already-deleted shortcut returns
        `not_found`.
      operationId: deleteShortcut
      parameters:
        - name: handle
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The shortcut's slug or `id` (UUID).
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Shortcut deleted (no body).
        '401':
          description: Missing, malformed, unknown, or workspace-unscoped Bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Correlation identifier for support/debugging. Equals the
                      `X-Lora-Request-Id` response header.
                  traceId:
                    description: >-
                      Sentry trace ID when available for this request.
                      32-character lowercase hex string.
                    type: string
                    pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{32}$
                required:
                  - error
                  - requestId
                additionalProperties: false
          headers:
            X-Lora-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                Request correlation identifier. Matches the `requestId` field in
                the JSON error body.
              schema:
                type: string
        '403':
          description: >-
            The caller is authenticated but not allowed to perform this action.
            Common codes: `insufficient_scope` (the key lacks the required
            scope; body sets `required_scope`) and `no_permission` (the caller
            is no longer a workspace member).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Correlation identifier for support/debugging. Equals the
                      `X-Lora-Request-Id` response header.
                  traceId:
                    description: >-
                      Sentry trace ID when available for this request.
                      32-character lowercase hex string.
                    type: string
                    pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{32}$
                  required_scope:
                    description: >-
                      Set when `code` is `insufficient_scope`. The exact scope
                      name the route required, e.g. `shortcuts.write`.
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                  - requestId
                additionalProperties: false
          headers:
            X-Lora-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                Request correlation identifier. Matches the `requestId` field in
                the JSON error body.
              schema:
                type: string
        '404':
          description: Shortcut not found in this workspace.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Correlation identifier for support/debugging. Equals the
                      `X-Lora-Request-Id` response header.
                  traceId:
                    description: >-
                      Sentry trace ID when available for this request.
                      32-character lowercase hex string.
                    type: string
                    pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{32}$
                required:
                  - error
                  - requestId
                additionalProperties: false
          headers:
            X-Lora-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                Request correlation identifier. Matches the `requestId` field in
                the JSON error body.
              schema:
                type: string
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. Wait `Retry-After` seconds before retrying.
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 1
              description: Seconds until the rate-limit window resets.
            X-Lora-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                Request correlation identifier. Matches the `requestId` field in
                the JSON error body.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Correlation identifier for support/debugging. Equals the
                      `X-Lora-Request-Id` response header.
                  traceId:
                    description: >-
                      Sentry trace ID when available for this request.
                      32-character lowercase hex string.
                    type: string
                    pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{32}$
                required:
                  - error
                  - requestId
                additionalProperties: false
        '500':
          description: >-
            An unexpected failure on the server. The body is `{ error:
            <message>, code: "internal_error", requestId: <id> }`, plus
            `traceId` when available. Idempotent operations (GET, DELETE) and
            writes that carry an `Idempotency-Key` header are safe to retry with
            exponential backoff. Other writes may have partially applied;
            surface the error to the caller instead of retrying blindly.
          headers:
            X-Lora-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                Request correlation identifier. Matches the `requestId` field in
                the JSON error body.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                    const: internal_error
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      Correlation identifier for support/debugging. Equals the
                      `X-Lora-Request-Id` response header.
                  traceId:
                    description: >-
                      Sentry trace ID when available for this request.
                      32-character lowercase hex string.
                    type: string
                    pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{32}$
                required:
                  - error
                  - code
                  - requestId
                additionalProperties: false
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````