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# Delete Sandbox

> Permanently deletes a stopped, exited, or failed sandbox and its backing disk. A sandbox with child forks cannot be deleted until those children are deleted, starting with the deepest ones.



## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /api/sandboxes/{sid}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Archil Control Plane API
  description: >
    The Archil Control Plane API provides programmatic access to manage disks,

    persistent sandboxes, mounts, and API keys in the Archil distributed

    filesystem platform.


    API keys authenticate requests to this control plane and are scoped to

    your account. They are distinct from *disk tokens*, which are per-disk

    credentials used by clients when mounting a disk.


    ## Authentication


    All endpoints require an API key:


    ```

    Authorization: {API_KEY}

    ```


    Create API keys in the [Archil Console](https://console.archil.com) or via
    the API.


    ## Response Format


    All responses use a consistent envelope:


    ```json

    {
      "success": true,
      "data": { ... }
    }

    ```


    Or on error:


    ```json

    {
      "success": false,
      "error": "Error message"
    }

    ```
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    email: support@archil.com
    url: https://archil.com
servers:
  - url: https://control.green.us-east-1.aws.prod.archil.com
    description: AWS US East (N. Virginia) — aws-us-east-1
  - url: https://control.green.eu-west-1.aws.prod.archil.com
    description: AWS EU West (Ireland) — aws-eu-west-1
  - url: https://control.green.us-west-2.aws.prod.archil.com
    description: AWS US West (Oregon) — aws-us-west-2
  - url: https://control.blue.us-central1.gcp.prod.archil.com
    description: GCP US Central (Iowa) — gcp-us-central1
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Disks
    description: Create, read, update, and delete disks
  - name: Serverless Execution
    description: Run commands on a disk without provisioning compute
  - name: Sandboxes
    description: Manage persistent sandbox virtual machines
  - name: Disk Users
    description: Manage authorized users on disks
  - name: API Tokens
    description: >-
      Manage API keys (also called API tokens) used to authenticate Control
      Plane API requests. Distinct from disk tokens.
paths:
  /api/sandboxes/{sid}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Sandboxes
      summary: Delete a sandbox
      description: >-
        Permanently deletes a stopped, exited, or failed sandbox and its backing
        disk. A sandbox with child forks cannot be deleted until those children
        are deleted, starting with the deepest ones.
      operationId: deleteSandbox
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SandboxId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The sandbox was deleted
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          description: >-
            The sandbox must be stopped, exited, or failed and have no child
            forks. The error includes the number of child disks and up to 10
            disk IDs that must be deleted first.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  parameters:
    SandboxId:
      name: sid
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Sandbox UUID
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Invalid or missing authentication credentials
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          type: string
          example: Invalid request parameters
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key

````