# POST /2/files/delete is deprecated

Dropbox API deprecated POST /2/files/delete without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Dropbox API (api.dropboxapi.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /2/files/delete`
- Source: [Announcement](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dropbox/dropbox-api-spec/master/files.stone)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/dropbox-api/breaking-changes/post-2-files-delete-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Call POST /2/files/delete_v2 instead.

## Dropbox API's words

> route delete (DeleteArg, Metadata, DeleteError) deprecated by delete:2