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Archive a space

DELETE
/spaces/{space}
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://spaces.work.optidata.cloud/api/spaces/a3051110-3152-412d-a015-6d0228be403e \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Archives a space: it leaves the list of spaces and nobody can enter it any more; its chat history is kept. Only the space’s owner or a company super-administrator may archive it. The response is the archived space.

space
required
string

The space’s uuid or hash.

The archived space.

Media typeapplication/json
object
id
required
integer
uuid
required
string format: uuid
hash
required

The space’s identifier in links.

string
cuid

Your company’s id.

string
owner_uuid

The user who created the space; null for the company’s default space.

string | null
name
required
string
slug
required
string
description
string | null
map

One of the built-in offices. It is used when your company has no active world of its own.

string
Allowed values: office-classic office-small office-open
is_archived
required
boolean
archived_at
string | null format: date-time
created_at
string format: date-time
updated_at
string format: date-time
deleted_at
string | null format: date-time
Examples
Examplearchived
{
"id": 2,
"uuid": "a3051110-3152-412d-a015-6d0228be403e",
"cuid": "7f3c2a10-5b8e-4d21-9c6a-0e4f1b2d3c4a",
"owner_uuid": "2d9e8f70-1a3b-4c5d-8e9f-a0b1c2d3e4f5",
"name": "Acme HQ (2nd floor)",
"slug": "acme-hq",
"description": "Product and design.",
"map": "office-classic",
"hash": "a3051110-31f8-4b91-8026-owt42-e19896afc357",
"is_archived": true,
"archived_at": "2026-10-19T14:54:23.000000Z",
"created_at": "2026-10-19T14:52:44.000000Z",
"updated_at": "2026-10-19T14:54:23.000000Z",
"deleted_at": null
}

No authentication key was sent.

Media typeapplication/json

Authentication failures use an error key rather than message.

object
error
required
string
Examples
Examplemissing

No bearer token sent

{
"error": "JWT passport exception: Missing bearer token in request"
}

The caller is not allowed to do this (see “Who may do what”), or the authentication key is not recognised (empty message).

Media typeapplication/json
object
message
required
string
Examples

Not the space's owner

{
"message": "You do not have permission to update this space."
}

Nothing has this identifier.

Media typeapplication/json
object
message
required
string
Examplegenerated
{
"message": "example"
}

The authentication key is expired or not recognised. Get a fresh one and retry.

Media typeapplication/json

Authentication failures use an error key rather than message.

object
error
required
string
Examples
Exampleexpired
{
"error": "JWT passport expired: Passport expired"
}