> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mixpeek.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bulk Soft-Delete Objects > Soft-delete many objects by ID in one call (recoverable). Records are retained and flipped to a non-active lifecycle state (so retrieval excludes them), with the lifecycle propagated to downstream documents. Bucket stats are recomputed once. Designed for large purges (e.g. scoping a synced bucket to a subset) without the per-object webhook/stats storms of single delete. ## OpenAPI ````yaml post /v1/buckets/{bucket_identifier}/objects/bulk-soft-delete openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Mixpeek API description: >- This is the Mixpeek API, providing access to various endpoints for data processing and retrieval. termsOfService: https://mixpeek.com/terms contact: name: Mixpeek Support url: https://mixpeek.com/contact email: info@mixpeek.com version: '0.82' servers: - url: https://api.mixpeek.com description: Production security: - BearerAuth: [] paths: /v1/buckets/{bucket_identifier}/objects/bulk-soft-delete: post: tags: - Bucket Objects summary: Bulk Soft-Delete Objects description: |- Soft-delete many objects by ID in one call (recoverable). Records are retained and flipped to a non-active lifecycle state (so retrieval excludes them), with the lifecycle propagated to downstream documents. Bucket stats are recomputed once. Designed for large purges (e.g. scoping a synced bucket to a subset) without the per-object webhook/stats storms of single delete. operationId: >- bulk_soft_delete_objects_v1_buckets__bucket_identifier__objects_bulk_soft_delete_post parameters: - name: bucket_identifier in: path required: true schema: type: string description: The unique identifier of the bucket. title: Bucket Identifier description: The unique identifier of the bucket. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkSoftDeleteRequest' responses: '200': description: Successful Response content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkSoftDeleteResponse' '400': description: Bad Request content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '403': description: Forbidden content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '404': description: Not Found content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '422': description: Validation Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError' '500': description: Internal Server Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' security: - BearerAuth: [] NamespaceHeader: [] components: schemas: BulkSoftDeleteRequest: properties: object_ids: items: type: string type: array maxItems: 5000 minItems: 1 title: Object Ids description: >- Object IDs to soft-delete (max 5000 per request). Records are retained and flipped to a non-active lifecycle state so retrieval excludes them; reversible by clearing the marker. reason: type: string maxLength: 500 title: Reason description: Why these objects are being soft-deleted (audit trail). lifecycle_state: type: string title: Lifecycle State description: Lifecycle state to flip to (default 'disabled'). default: disabled source: type: string title: Source description: Marker source tag (default 'bulk_purge'). default: bulk_purge type: object required: - object_ids - reason title: BulkSoftDeleteRequest description: Request model for bulk soft-deleting objects by id (recoverable purge). examples: - object_ids: - obj_abc123 - obj_def456 reason: scope footage bucket to 8 target brands BulkSoftDeleteResponse: properties: soft_deleted: type: integer title: Soft Deleted description: Number of object records flipped. requested: type: integer title: Requested description: Number of object IDs requested. collections: type: integer title: Collections description: Collections sourced from the bucket considered for propagation. type: object required: - soft_deleted - requested - collections title: BulkSoftDeleteResponse description: Response for a bulk soft-delete operation. ErrorResponse: properties: success: type: boolean title: Success description: Always false for error responses default: false status: type: integer title: Status description: HTTP status code for this error error: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail' description: Error details payload type: object required: - status - error title: ErrorResponse description: Error response model. examples: - error: details: id: ns_123 resource: namespace message: Namespace not found type: NotFoundError status: 404 success: false HTTPValidationError: properties: detail: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' type: array title: Detail type: object title: HTTPValidationError ErrorDetail: properties: message: type: string title: Message description: Human-readable error message type: type: string title: Type description: Stable error type identifier (machine-readable) code: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Code description: >- Fine-grained error code for programmatic handling (e.g., namespace_name_taken, feature_extractor_not_found). Present only when consumers may need to branch on a specific error condition. details: anyOf: - additionalProperties: true type: object - type: 'null' title: Details description: >- Optional structured details to help debugging (validation errors, IDs, etc.) type: object required: - message - type title: ErrorDetail description: Error detail model. ValidationError: properties: loc: items: anyOf: - type: string - type: integer type: array title: Location msg: type: string title: Message type: type: string title: Error Type input: title: Input ctx: type: object title: Context type: object required: - loc - msg - type title: ValidationError securitySchemes: BearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Mixpeek API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer mxp_sk_...`. Create one in Studio under Settings → API Keys, or with an admin key via `POST /v1/organizations/users/{user_email}/api-keys`. A missing header returns 403; an invalid or revoked key returns 401. NamespaceHeader: type: apiKey in: header name: X-Namespace description: >- Namespace id (`ns_...`), not the namespace name. This scopes the request rather than authenticating it, and it is required on every operation marked `x-mixpeek-namespace-scoped`. ````