Delete

You can delete a resource on an FHIR server by performing a Delete operation. The Delete uses an HTTP DELETE against the URL [baseUrl]/[resourceType]/[id].

This operation performs a logical delete, which has a specific set of semantics:

• The resource is marked as deleted, and it no longer appears in search results.
• The version number of the resource is incremented (that is, a new deleted version is created).
• Previous versions of the resource are not physically deleted.
• The resource may be un-deleted by updating it again.

The following example shows a simple delete of the resource created and updated in the examples in Create and Update.

Request: FHIR CRUD Delete operation

Response: FHIR CRUD Delete operation

The endpoint responds with a response similar to the following: