---
title: "delete(url, [body], [params]) | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "httpx.delete makes DELETE requests"
---

# delete(url, \[body], \[params])

`session.delete(url, body, params)` makes a DELETE request. Only the first parameter is required. Body is discouraged.

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| Parameter         | Type                                                                                                    | Description                                                                                      |
|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| url               | string                                                                                                  | HTTP URL. If baseURL is set, provide only path.                                                  |
| body (optional)   | null / string / object / ArrayBuffer / [SharedArray](/docs/k6/next/javascript-api/k6-data/sharedarray/) | Request body; objects will be `x-www-form-urlencoded`. Set to `null` to omit the body.           |
| params (optional) | null or object {}                                                                                       | Additional [parameters](/docs/k6/next/javascript-api/k6-http/params/) for this specific request. |

### Returns

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| Type                                                       | Description                                                             |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Response](/docs/k6/next/javascript-api/k6-http/response/) | HTTP [Response](/docs/k6/next/javascript-api/k6-http/response/) object. |

### Example

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```javascript
import { Httpx } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/httpx/0.1.0/index.js';

const session = new Httpx({
  baseURL: 'https://quickpizza.grafana.com/api',
  timeout: 20000, // 20s timeout.
});

export default function testSuite() {
  const resp = session.delete(`/delete`);
}
```