Collections

Remove assets from a collection

DELETE
/v2/asset_management/{cloud_name}/collections/{collection_id}/assets

Removes the specified assets from an existing collection. The caller must be allowed to update the collection. Assets that are not in the collection are ignored, and the underlying assets are not modified or deleted.

Authorization

AuthorizationBasic <token>

Basic authentication using Cloudinary API Key and API Secret.

In: header

Path Parameters

cloud_name*string

The cloud name of your Cloudinary product environment.

collection_id*string

External ID of the collection whose assets to list, add, or remove.

Request Body

application/json

A list of asset_id values of the assets to remove from the collection.

[index: integer]?string

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X DELETE "https://example.com/v2/asset_management/demo/collections/col_8f3a2b1c9d4e/assets" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '[    "ast_1a2b3c4d5e6f"  ]'
{  "data": {    "id": "col_8f3a2b1c9d4e",    "name": "Summer Campaign Assets",    "creator_type": "user",    "creator_id": "usr_4a1b2c3d5e6f",    "created_at": "2026-03-14T10:15:00Z",    "updated_at": "2026-03-15T09:30:00Z",    "description": "Approved photography for the summer campaign launch.",    "type": "manual"  }}