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  1. Pet
  • Pet
    • Get Pet
      GET
    • Update Pet
      PUT
    • Delete Pet
      DELETE
    • Create Pet
      POST
    • List Pets
      GET
    • Upload Pet Image
      POST
  • Chat
    • Pet Care AI Consultation
      POST
  • Payments
    • Pay Order
      POST
  • Store
    • Get Store Inventory
      GET
    • List Inventory
      GET
    • Create Order
      POST
    • Get Order
      GET
    • Cancel Order
      DELETE
    • Callback Example
      POST
  • User
    • Create User
      POST
    • Update User
      PUT
    • Get User
      GET
    • Delete User Account
      DELETE
    • Create Authentication Token
      POST
  • Webhooks
    • Order Status Changed Event
    • Payment Succeeded Event
  • Schemas
    • Pet
    • PetCollection
    • User
    • OrderPayment
    • Bank Card
    • Bank Account
    • Category
    • Links
    • Order
    • ApiResponse
    • Tag
    • Error
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  1. Pet

Delete Pet

DELETE
https://api.petstoreapi.com/v1/pets/{id}
Remove a pet from the system permanently.
Authentication: Requires write:pets scope or Bearer token
Note: This operation is irreversible. Consider updating the pet status to NOT_AVAILABLE instead.

Request

Authorization
JWT Bearer
Add the parameter
Authorization
to Headers
Example:
Authorization: ********************
or
OAuth 2.0
Authorization Code
deviceCode
Add the parameter
Authorization
to Headers
,whose value is to concatenate the Token after the Bearer.
Example:
Authorization: Bearer ********************
Authorize URL: https://auth.petstoreapi.com/authorize
Token URL: https://auth.petstoreapi.com/token
Refresh URL: https://auth.petstoreapi.com/refresh
Scopes:
write:pets-Create and update pets
or
Path Params

Header Params

Responses

🟢204No Content
Pet deleted successfully
This response does not have a body.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://api.petstoreapi.com/v1/pets/' \
--header 'X-Tenant-ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
Modified at 2026-01-07 06:44:25
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