# DELETE /items stops working

Calls to DELETE /items on DatoCMS Content Management API stopped working on March 10, 2025.

- API: DatoCMS Content Management API (site-api.datocms.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: January 7, 2025
- Takes effect: March 10, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `DELETE /items`
- Source: [Announcement](https://www.datocms.com/product-updates/deprecated-batch-operations-endpoints-will-stop-working)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/datocms-content-management-api/breaking-changes/delete-items-stops-working/

## What to use instead

Use POST /items/bulk/destroy (bulk_destroy).

## DatoCMS Content Management API's words

> Starting March 10th, 2025, our legacy batch operation endpoints — which have been deprecated for years — will be discontinued and will return error responses.