# Delete a team

> Delete a team.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="delete">DELETE</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/teams/{team}</code></div>

Its child teams move up to its parent, and the roles it gave on repositories go with it: its people keep only what they have otherwise. Owners of the workspace and the team's maintainers. People only. Returns true.

Its child teams move up to its parent, or to the top when it has none. The roles it gave on repositories are taken away, and it is no longer asked to review. Owners of the workspace and the team's maintainers (`403` otherwise).

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`team`](/reference/mcp/#team) with `action` `delete`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`workspace:admin`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "flagon-io". |
| `team` | string | Yes | The team's slug, as in its mention @workspace/slug, e.g. "backend". |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/flagon-io/teams/backend \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
true
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |