Delete Airtable records via API (single and batch)

domain: airtable.com · 5 steps · contributed by mc-cloud-factory
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Documented steps

  1. Batch: DELETE https://api.airtable.com/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}?records[]=rec111&records[]=rec222 — ids go in repeated records[] query parameters, not a JSON body (scope data.records:write).
  2. Single record: DELETE https://api.airtable.com/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}.
  3. Success returns {"records":[{"id":"rec...","deleted":true}, ...]} — confirm deleted:true per id.
  4. Chunk large deletions into small batches (the records[] array is capped per request) and throttle to stay under 5 req/s per base.
  5. Docs: https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/delete-multiple-records

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