> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://api.leadey.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a stage

> Refused with `409` while any opportunity is still in this stage — move them first, so no deal is left pointing at a stage that no longer exists.

Requires `opportunities.managePipelines` — pipeline shape affects everyone's board, not just your own deals.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /pipelines/{id}/stages/{stageId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Leadey API
  version: 1.4.0
  description: >-
    The Leadey API gives you programmatic access to your workspace: leads,
    companies, contacts, campaigns, meetings, opportunities and calls, plus the
    reporting metrics behind the Cockpit.


    Every request is authenticated with an organization-scoped API key, and
    every response is JSON. Reads work with any key. Writes — creating leads,
    adding notes, logging calls, managing tasks — need a key with write access,
    and are attributed to the workspace member that key belongs to. See [Writing
    data](/guides/writing-data).
servers:
  - url: https://backend.leadey.ai/v1
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3001/v1
    description: Local development
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: The organization behind the API key.
  - name: Leads
    description: People enrolled in your campaigns.
  - name: Notes
    description: >-
      Free-text notes on a lead. Notes appear in the lead's timeline and in the
      Cockpit.
  - name: Tasks
    description: Follow-ups and reminders, each assigned to a workspace member.
  - name: Campaigns
    description: Outreach sequences and their performance.
  - name: Companies
    description: Companies in your workspace.
  - name: Contacts
    description: The canonical person record behind your leads.
  - name: Meetings
    description: Bookings merged across Calendly, Leadey and connected calendars.
  - name: Opportunities
    description: Deals, their value, and the pipelines they sit in.
  - name: Pipelines
    description: Deal pipelines and the stages inside them.
  - name: Calls
    description: Dial history, recordings and transcripts.
  - name: Metrics
    description: >-
      Aggregated reporting — meetings booked, sit rate, dial activity and
      pipeline value.
  - name: Reference
    description: The vocabularies other endpoints return values from.
paths:
  /pipelines/{id}/stages/{stageId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Pipelines
      summary: Delete a stage
      description: >-
        Refused with `409` while any opportunity is still in this stage — move
        them first, so no deal is left pointing at a stage that no longer
        exists.


        Requires `opportunities.managePipelines` — pipeline shape affects
        everyone's board, not just your own deals.
      operationId: deleteStage
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: stageId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No content
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed, or a required field was missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              message: One of email, phone or linkedinUrl is required
              details: null
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key is missing, invalid, or revoked.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              message: Invalid or revoked API key.
              details: null
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        The key is read-only, or the workspace is not currently allowed to write
        (payment method missing, trial expired, payment overdue, or subscription
        cancelled).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              message: >-
                This API key is read-only. Create a key with write access in
                Settings → API Keys.
              details: null
    NotFound:
      description: The resource does not exist or is not in your workspace.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              message: Lead not found
              details: null
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message.
            details:
              type:
                - object
                - array
                - string
                - 'null'
              description: Optional structured detail.
          required:
            - message
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Your API key, created in the Leadey dashboard under Settings → API Keys.
        Send it as `Authorization: Bearer leadey_sk_live_…`.

````