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Delete service objects

POSThttps://api.instacloud.com/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/objects/delete

Token scope: account · org · project — read-only tokens refused (not a GET).

Delete a batch of objects from a storage service's bucket. DESTRUCTIVE, immediate and irreversible. Gated — storage.delete.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
`branch`	query	`string`	no	Branch name (defaults to the project's default branch)
`projectId`	path	`string`	yes
`serviceId`	path	`string`	yes

application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
`keys`	`string[]`	yes	full object keys, as returned by the listing (S3's DeleteObjects cap is 1000)

Default Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
`deleted`	`integer`	yes	keys deleted, counting keys that were already gone
`failed`	`object[]`	yes	per-key reasons; a batch may half-succeed
`failed.key`	`string`	yes
`failed.message`	`string`	yes

Default Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
`status`	`"approval_required"`	no
`approvalId`	`string`	no
`action`	`string`	no	the gated action, or a comma-joined compound set — prefer `actions`
`actions`	`string[]`	no	every capability this approval covers
`message`	`string`	no
`url`	`string`	no	the console page where a project admin reviews this request
`nextActions`	`object[]`	no
`nextActions.op`	`string`	yes	Neutral logical action id, e.g. "service.add" — NOT an operationId or a CLI/MCP tool name; each client maps it to its own surface.
`nextActions.reason`	`string`	yes	Natural-language, human/LLM-facing "why do this now".
`nextActions.args`	`object`	no	Suggested, flat named arguments; "<placeholder>"s where a value is unknown.
`nextActions.gated`	`boolean`	no	True if the action passes a governance gate.

Default Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
`error`	`string`	yes

Default Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
`error`	`string`	yes

Default Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
`error`	`string`	yes