Delete process

Endpoint

DELETE /organizations/{org_id}/runs/{run_id}/delete

Permanently deletes an archived process (run) and all its related data — tasks, comments, form field values, attachments, tags, and watchers.

Request

Replace {org_id} with your Organization ID and {run_id} with the run ID to delete.

Headers

Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}
Accept: application/json
X-Tallyfy-Client: APIClient

Body

No request body is needed.

Code samples

const accessToken = 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const orgId = 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID';
const runId = 'PROCESS_RUN_ID_TO_DELETE';
const apiUrl = `https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/${orgId}/runs/${runId}/delete`;

const headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
headers.append('X-Tallyfy-Client', 'APIClient');

fetch(apiUrl, {
    method: 'DELETE',
    headers: headers
})
.then(response => {
    if (response.ok) {
        console.log(`Permanently deleted process ${runId}. Status: ${response.status}`);
        return response.text().then(text => {
            if (text) {
                try { return JSON.parse(text); }
                catch (e) { return null; }
            }
            return null;
        });
    } else {
        return response.json()
            .catch(() => response.text())
            .then(errData => {
                console.error(`Failed (${response.status}):`, errData);
                throw new Error(`HTTP error ${response.status}`);
            });
    }
})
.then(data => {
    if (data) console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
})
.catch(error => console.error('Delete failed:', error.message));

import requests
import os

access_token = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')
org_id = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ORG_ID', 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID')
run_id = 'PROCESS_RUN_ID_TO_DELETE'
api_url = f'https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/{org_id}/runs/{run_id}/delete'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Tallyfy-Client': 'APIClient'
}

try:
    response = requests.delete(api_url, headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(f'Permanently deleted process {run_id}. Status: {response.status_code}')
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
    print(f'HTTP error deleting process {run_id}: {e}')
    print(f'Response: {e.response.text}')
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f'Request failed: {e}')

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DeleteProcess {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String accessToken = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN", "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN");
        String orgId = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ORG_ID", "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID");
        String runId = "PROCESS_RUN_ID_TO_DELETE";
        String apiUrl = String.format(
            "https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/%s/runs/%s/delete", orgId, runId);

        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create(apiUrl))
                .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken)
                .header("Accept", "application/json")
                .header("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")
                .DELETE()
                .build();

        try {
            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

            if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
                System.out.println("Permanently deleted process " + runId);
            } else {
                System.err.println("Failed (" + response.statusCode() + "): " + response.body());
            }
        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
            System.err.println("Request failed: " + e.getMessage());
            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
        }
    }
}

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
  "os"
  "time"
)

func main() {
  accessToken := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  if accessToken == "" { accessToken = "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN" }
  orgId := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ORG_ID")
  if orgId == "" { orgId = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID" }
  runId := "PROCESS_RUN_ID_TO_DELETE"
  apiUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/%s/runs/%s/delete", orgId, runId)

  client := &http.Client{Timeout: 15 * time.Second}
  req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, apiUrl, nil)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error creating request: %v\n", err)
    return
  }

  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+accessToken)
  req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Set("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")

  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error executing request: %v\n", err)
    return
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)

  if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
    fmt.Printf("Permanently deleted process %s\n", runId)
    if len(body) > 0 {
      fmt.Println(string(body))
    }
  } else {
    fmt.Printf("Failed (%d): %s\n", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
  }
}

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cpprest/http_client.h>
#include <cpprest/json.h>

using namespace web;
using namespace web::http;
using namespace web::http::client;

pplx::task<void> DeleteTallyfyProcess(const utility::string_t& runId)
{
    utility::string_t accessToken = U("YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    utility::string_t orgId = U("YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID");
    utility::string_t apiUrl = U("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/") + orgId
        + U("/runs/") + runId + U("/delete");

    http_client client(apiUrl);
    http_request request(methods::DEL);

    request.headers().add(U("Authorization"), U("Bearer ") + accessToken);
    request.headers().add(U("Accept"), U("application/json"));
    request.headers().add(U("X-Tallyfy-Client"), U("APIClient"));

    return client.request(request).then([runId](http_response response)
    {
        status_code status = response.status_code();
        return response.extract_string().then([status, runId](utility::string_t body)
        {
            if (status == status_codes::OK) {
                std::wcout << L"Permanently deleted process " << runId << std::endl;
            } else {
                std::wcerr << L"Failed (" << status << L"): " << body << std::endl;
                throw std::runtime_error("Failed to delete process");
            }
        });
    });
}

int main() {
    try {
        DeleteTallyfyProcess(U("PROCESS_RUN_ID_TO_DELETE")).wait();
    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}
// Requires C++ REST SDK (Casablanca)

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class TallyfyProcessDeleter
{
    private static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

    public static async Task DeleteProcessAsync(string runId)
    {
        var accessToken = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN")
            ?? "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN";
        var orgId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TALLYFY_ORG_ID")
            ?? "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID";
        var apiUrl = $"https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/{orgId}/runs/{runId}/delete";

        try
        {
            using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Delete, apiUrl);
            request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", accessToken);
            request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
            request.Headers.Add("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient");

            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);
            string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Permanently deleted process {runId}");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Failed ({response.StatusCode}): {responseBody}");
            }
        }
        catch (HttpRequestException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Request failed: {e.Message}");
        }
    }

    // static async Task Main(string[] args)
    // {
    //     await DeleteProcessAsync("PROCESS_RUN_ID_TO_DELETE");
    // }
}

Response

A successful permanent deletion returns 200 OK with an empty response body. The process and all related data have been permanently removed.

Status	Meaning
`200`	Process permanently deleted
`403`	You don’t have admin role permissions
`404`	Process not found (wrong ID or not archived)
`422`	Process isn’t archived yet — archive it first

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