Cancelling and deleting a document

⚠️ Deletion is irreversible. A deleted document and its signatures cannot be restored in any way. Before deleting, download completed documents.

There are two endpoints for deletion — they differ in what remains afterward.

Unfinished document (draft, pending…)

curl -X DELETE -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://api.signi.com/api/v1/contract/DOCUMENT_ID

Cancels any sent signature requests and deletes the document completely — including the envelope and all metadata. Nothing remains of the document.

Closed document (completed)

A closed document cannot be deleted completely — the first endpoint will return the error "A closed contract cannot be deleted!". Use:

curl -X DELETE -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://api.signi.com/api/v2/contract/DOCUMENT_ID/delete

What is returned:

{ "status": "ok" }

Only the document's PDF is deleted. The envelope and audit trail are always preserved — so a trace remains that the legal act took place.

Where to go next

• Downloading a signed document
• Document lifecycle