---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/comments/{commentid} [DELETE]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/comment-DELETE.html
description: "DELETE service that removes a single comment from a discussion while preserving replies. Requires manager or administrator privileges with appropriate permissions set in global.properties. Returns empty comment-delete element on success."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:20+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-DELETE
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/comments/{commentid}
http_method: DELETE
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.1006
api_since: 5.8900
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: N/A
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~253
---

# /members/\{member\}/comments/\{commentid\} \[DELETE\]

## Description

Delete a single [comment](../../reference/glossary/comment.md).

This service only deletes a single comment in a discussion such that the other comments are preserved:

- The replies to the deleted comment are always retained, regardless of its position in the discussion.
- If the deleted comment is the first comment in a discussion, the immediately following reply replace s it as the first comment.

## Parameters

No parameters required.

## Permission

The member on the request needs to be a manager or higher and `managerEnable` set to `delete-comments` in the global.properties or an administrator with `adminEnable` set to `delete-comments` in the [global.properties](../../guide/configuration/properties/global_properties.md).

## Response

```xml

<comment-delete /> 
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1311 | The object specified is not a comment |
| 0x1317 | The comment was not found |