# DELETE Delete an icon

Removes the icon and returns a deletion receipt: a snapshot of exactly what was removed, so the caller can verify and report the change. Requires `customisers:write` and an `Idempotency-Key`; retrying the same request and key replays the original receipt after the row is gone. The generated icon font is left as it is, exactly as the merchant admin leaves it: the deleted icon's glyph stays in the font until the next icon create or update rebuilds it, and nothing draws a glyph no icon points at. Nothing on the server resolves an icon out of a saved design, so no icon is ever in use and this delete has no 409 to answer with. The shared delete guard still runs, so the family gains the refusal the moment a reference kind is registered for it. The delete clears the customiser's cached storefront configuration and runs the advisory language sync, and never regenerates Shopify products, product images, or the product cache.

- Source URL: https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/v3-delete-delete-an-icon/
- Markdown URL: https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/v3-delete-delete-an-icon.md
- Group: Customiser icons
- Method: DELETE
- Path: /api/v3/customisers/{customiser_id}/icons/{icon_id}
- Auth: Bearer token
- Required scopes: `customisers:write`

## Path parameters

- customiser_id (string, required): The customiser id. Example: 1
- icon_id (string, required): The icon id. Example: 9

## cURL example

```bash
curl https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/1/icons/9 \
  --request DELETE \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
```

## Response examples

### 200 DELETE 200 example 1

```json
{
  "data": {
    "object": "icon_deletion_receipt",
    "id": 9,
    "customiser_id": 42,
    "deleted": true,
    "resource": {
      "object": "icon",
      "id": 9,
      "customiser_id": 42,
      "name": "Heart",
      "svg": "<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4 4h16v16H4z\"/></svg>",
      "rendered_svg": "<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4 4h16v16H4z\"/></svg>",
      "min_height_cm": 5,
      "icon_font": {
        "glyph_code": "f101",
        "font_family": "icon-font-a1b2c3d4",
        "ttf_url": "https://cdn.signcustomiser.com/icon-fonts/icons.ttf"
      },
      "sort_order": 1,
      "created_at": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z"
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/42/icons/9",
    "documentation": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/"
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_version": "v3",
    "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
  }
}
```

### 400 Missing idempotency key

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_idempotency_key",
  "title": "Missing idempotency key",
  "status": 400,
  "code": "missing_idempotency_key",
  "detail": "Provide an Idempotency-Key header for this write.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 401 Missing API key

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_api_key",
  "title": "Missing API key",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "missing_api_key",
  "detail": "Provide a store API key as a bearer token.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 403 Insufficient scope

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/insufficient_scope",
  "title": "Insufficient scope",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "detail": "This operation requires the customisers:write scope.",
  "required_scopes": [
    "customisers:write"
  ],
  "granted_scopes": [
    "customisers:read"
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 404 Unknown icon

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/resource_not_found",
  "title": "Resource not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "detail": "The requested resource does not exist or does not belong to the authenticated store.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 409 Idempotency conflict

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/idempotency_key_conflict",
  "title": "Idempotency key conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "idempotency_key_conflict",
  "detail": "This Idempotency-Key was already used for a different request on this operation.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 422 Unknown parameter

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/unknown_parameter",
  "title": "Unknown query parameter",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "unknown_parameter",
  "detail": "This endpoint accepts no query parameters.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 429 Option write budget exhausted

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/rate_limited",
  "title": "Too many requests",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "detail": "You have exceeded the request limit for this API key.",
  "retry_after": 37,
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```