---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/uris/{uri}/fragments/{+fragment} [DELETE]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/uri-fragment_delete.html
description: "Deletes a document fragment in PageSeeder. Requires contributor permissions. Returns the deleted fragment wrapped in a fragment-delete element. Optional parameters allow associating groups, labels, and notes with the deletion."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T12:18:37+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: psml-DELETE
resource_id: psml
path_template: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/uris/{uri}/fragments/{+fragment}
http_method: DELETE
api_category: psml
implementation_version: 6.3000
api_since: 5.0100
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: N/A
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~400
---

# /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/uris/\{uri\}/fragments/\{+fragment\} \[DELETE\]

## Description

Deletes the content of the [fragment](../../reference/glossary/fragment.md) provided.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| groups | The names of the groups to associate the deletion with | no | strings | *depends on URI* |
| labels | The label values for the edit | no | labels |  |
| note | The content of notes (if specified, it creates a note) | no | string |  |
| note-labels | A comma-separated list of label values for the notes (if specified, it creates a note) | no | labels |  |
| note-title | The title for the notes | no | string | Edit Note |

The default groups are all the URI’s groups where the member is a contributor or the group is [Public](../../reference/glossary/group_public.md).

## Permission

This service requires contributor or higher.

## Response

When successful, a [\<document-fragment\>](../elements/element_document-fragment.md) wrapped in a `<fragment-delete>` element is returned

Example:

```xml


<fragment-delete>
  <document-fragment>
    <locator id="325"
             fragment="example"
             editid="6340"
             modified="2015-03-24T13:21:57">
      <notes>
        <note id="6342"
              modified="2015-03-24T13:21:57"
              title="Typography">
          <content>Fixed typographical error.</content>
        </note>
      </notes>
    </locator>
  </document-fragment>
</fragment-delete>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.