---
title: "Delete person"
slug: "maiu-delete-persons"
updated: 2026-10-08T04:13:29Z
published: 2026-10-08T04:13:29Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/maiu-delete-persons"
---

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# Delete person

Available in VPC

Delete a specific person from the people DB. If you delete a person, their facial feature data will also be deleted, and they will be excluded from [Get similar person](/docs/en/mi-similar-persons) and [Compare person](/docs/en/mi-recommend-persons-by-thumbnail).

              Caution

              

- Deleting a specific person will reset all labeled information in the index, returning it to an anonymous state.
- Deleting a person is irreversible.

## Request

This section describes the request format.

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| DELETE | /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_name}/persons/{person_id} |

### Request headers

For information about the request headers common to all Media Intelligence APIs, see [Media Intelligence request headers](/docs/en/maiu-overview#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace_name` | String | Required | Workspace name |
| `person_id` | String | Required | Person ID to delete - See [Get people list](/docs/en/maiu-list-persons). |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request DELETE 'https://mi.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/persons/1001' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format. It returns the person's information as of the time of deletion.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | String | - | [API processing result code](/docs/en/maiu-overview#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C) |
| `message` | String | - | [API processing result message](/docs/en/maiu-overview#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C) |
| `result` | Object | - | Deleted person information object |
| `result.id` | Integer | - | Person ID |
| `result.personId` | Integer | - | Person ID - Value identical to `id` |
| `result.name` | String | - | Person name - Anonymous persons are indicated as null. |
| `result.description` | String | - | Person description |
| `result.assetCount` | Integer | - | Number of assets in which the person appeared at the time of deletion |
| `result.sceneCount` | Integer | - | Total number of scenes in which the person appeared at the time of deletion |
| `result.tags` | Array | - | List of tags assigned to the person: [tags](/docs/en/maiu-delete-persons#tags) |
| `result.thumbnails` | Array | - | List of thumbnails associated with the person: [thumbnails](/docs/en/maiu-delete-persons#thumbnails) |

#### `tags`

The following describes `tags`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | Integer | - | Tag ID |
| `name` | String | - | Tag name |

#### `thumbnails`

The following describes `thumbnails`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | Integer | - | Thumbnail ID |
| `url` | String | - | Thumbnail image URL (presigned URL) |
| `isPrimaryThumbnail` | Boolean | - | Whether it is the main thumbnail - `true` \| `false` |
| `thumbnailSource` | String | - | Thumbnail registration method - `AUTO` \| `MANUAL` - `AUTO`: Thumbnail automatically extracted during media analysis. - `MANUAL`: Thumbnail uploaded directly by the user. |

### Response status codes

For information about the response status codes common to all Media Intelligence APIs, see [Media Intelligence response status codes](/docs/en/maiu-overview#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
  "code": "0",
  "message": "success",
  "result": {
    "id": 1001,
    "personId": 1001,
    "name": "Gildong Hong",
    "description": "A representative fictional character in Korea.",
    "assetCount": 12,
    "sceneCount": 47,
    "tags": [
      {
        "id": 201,
        "name": "Singer"
      }
    ],
    "thumbnails": [
      {
        "id": 3001,
        "url": "https://kr.object.ncloudstorage.com/.../2747829644790202370.jpg?...",
        "isPrimaryThumbnail": true,
        "thumbnailSource": "MANUAL"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```