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Delete Records Using sObject Relationships

Deletes records based on the specified object, record ID, and relationship field name.
If the fields parameter is used with fields that don’t exist or aren’t visible to the consumer by field-level security, a 400 error response is returned. For other error messages, see Status Codes and Error Responses.

Syntax

URI
/services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/sObject/id/relationshipFieldName
Formats
JSON, XML
HTTP Method
DELETE
Authentication
Authorization: Bearer token
Parameters
Parameter Description
sObject

The name of the object. For example, Account.

id

The identifier of the record. For example, 001R0000005hDFYIA2.

relationshipFieldName

The name of the field that contains the relationship. For example, Opportunities.

Example

For examples of using sObject Relationships to delete a relationship record, see Traverse Relationships with Friendly URLs.