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# Delete a leave reason

> Soft-deletes a leave reason. Cannot delete system defaults or reasons in use by employee leaves.



## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /contract/v1/leave-reasons/{leaveReasonId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: ''
  version: 3.0.0
  title: Sesame Public API
servers:
  - url: https://api-{region}.sesametime.com
    variables:
      region:
        default: eu1
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /contract/v1/leave-reasons/{leaveReasonId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Leave Reasons
      summary: Delete a leave reason
      description: >-
        Soft-deletes a leave reason. Cannot delete system defaults or reasons in
        use by employee leaves.
      operationId: DeleteLeaveReason
      parameters:
        - name: leaveReasonId
          in: path
          description: The leave reason ID
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
          content: {}
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API Key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message indicating authentication failure
                    example: Invalid or missing API Key
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code for programmatic handling
                    example: UNAUTHORIZED
              example:
                message: Invalid or missing API Key
                code: UNAUTHORIZED
        '404':
          description: Not Found - The requested resource could not be found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message indicating the resource was not found
                    example: Evaluation not found
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code for programmatic handling
                    example: EVALUATION_NOT_FOUND
              example:
                message: >-
                  Evaluation with ID 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 was
                  not found
                code: EVALUATION_NOT_FOUND
        '409':
          description: Cannot delete - leave reason is in use or is a system default
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded
      security:
        - Bearer: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````