REST API Developer Guide

Introduction to REST API
Quick Start
Examples
Getting Information About My Organization
Working with Object Metadata
Working with Records
Create a Record
Update a Record
Delete a Record
Get Field Values from a Standard Object Record
Get Field Values from an External Object Record by Using the Salesforce ID
Get Field Values from an External Object Record by Using the External ID Standard Field
Get a Record Using an External ID
Insert or Update (Upsert) a Record Using an External ID
Traverse Relationships with Friendly URLs
Get a List of Deleted Records Within a Given Timeframe
Get a List of Updated Records Within a Given Timeframe
Delete Lightning Experience Event Series
Working with Searches and Queries
Get an Image from a Rich Text Area Field
Insert or Update Blob Data
Get Blob Data
Working with Recently Viewed Information
Managing User Passwords
Working with Approval Processes and Process Rules
Using Event Monitoring
Using Composite Resources
Generating an OpenAPI 3.0 Document for sObjects REST API (Beta)
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Delete a Record

Use the sObject Rows resource to delete records. Specify the record ID and use the DELETE method of the resource to delete a record.
Example for deleting an Account record
Example request body
None needed
Example response body
None returned