---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/resources [DELETE]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/group-resources_delete.html
description: "Deletes a project resource from a specified location in the web app folder. Only non-default resources can be deleted, and only by users with project management permissions."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T13:39:12+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: developer-DELETE
resource_id: developer
path_template: /groups/{group}/resources
http_method: DELETE
api_category: developer
implementation_version: 6.2005
api_since: 4.8006
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: experimental
cache_control: N/A
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~217
---

# /groups/\{group\}/resources \[DELETE\]

## Description

Deletes a project resource.

The location parameter must be the absolute location of the resource to delete from the web app folder. For example:

- `/WEB-INF/foo/document.xsl`
- `/WEB-INF/foo.bar/my/document.js`

Only resources which are not part of the default layout can be deleted.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| location | The path to the resource, relative to the Web container root | yes | path |  |

## Permission

Only members who have the permission to manage the project can invoke this service.

## Response

```xml

<file name="[name]"
      path="[path]"
      status="[deleted|forbidden|not-found]"
      [type="file"]
      [media-type="mediatype"]/>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.