Archive a workflow and stop its schedules, webhooks, MCP tools, and chats. Use List Workflows with scope=archived to find it and Restore Workflow to recover it and its archived resources. Both deleted and archived acknowledge archival.
OAuth scope: api:write.
DELETE
/api/v2/workflows/{workflowId}X-API-Key<token>
Your Sim API key, personal or workspace-scoped. Generate one under Settings, then API Keys. Operations that reject workspace keys say so in their own description.
In: header
Path Parameters
workflowId*string
Unique workflow identifier.
Length
1 <= lengthResponse Body
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curl -X DELETE "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/workflows/3b1f7c92-8d4e-4a6b-9c0d-5e2f8a714b36" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"id": "3b1f7c92-8d4e-4a6b-9c0d-5e2f8a714b36",
"deleted": true,
"archived": true
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"message": "Invalid request"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Authentication required"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "FORBIDDEN",
"message": "Insufficient workspace permissions",
"details": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_WORKSPACE_ROLE"
}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Not found"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "LOCKED",
"message": "Workflow is locked"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "API rate limit exceeded",
"details": {
"retryAfter": "2026-01-01T00:00:30.000Z"
}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "Internal server error"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Service temporarily unavailable"
}
}