---
title: "hx-delete"
description: "Issues `DELETE` request to specified URL"
---

The `hx-delete` attribute will cause an element to issue a `DELETE` to the specified URL and swap
the HTML into the DOM using a swap strategy.

## Syntax

```html
<button hx-delete="/account" hx-target="body">
  Delete Your Account
</button>
```

This example will cause the `button` to issue a `DELETE` to `/account` and swap the returned HTML into
the `innerHTML` of the `body`.

## Notes

* You can control the target of the swap using the [`hx-target`](/reference/attributes/hx-target) attribute
* You can control the swap strategy by using the [`hx-swap`](/reference/attributes/hx-swap) attribute
* You can control what event triggers the request with the [`hx-trigger`](/reference/attributes/hx-trigger) attribute
* You can control the data submitted with the request in various ways, documented
  here: [Parameters](/docs#parameters)
* To remove the element following a successful `DELETE`, return a `200` status code with an empty body; if the server
  responds with a `204`, no swap takes place, documented here: [Requests & Responses](/docs#requests--responses)
