Permanently delete a contract template version, regardless of its status (draft, published, or archived). This also removes the template's stored source file from storage, and cascade-deletes any signing workflows (Contract Flows) built on this template -- those are removed silently as part of this call, not blocked. The deletion is irreversible. On success the endpoint returns no content.

Authentication & access

• Requires a client API token: Authorization: Bearer <token>.
• The caller must hold the contracts.templates.archive permission and have the OWNER or OPERATIONS role.
• The client must have contract signing enabled. If the feature is disabled the request returns 403.

Path parameters

Preconditions

• The template version must not be referenced by any contract request that has already been sent. That is the only thing that blocks deletion -- status (draft/published/archived) does not matter, and workflows built on the template do not block it either.
• Any signing workflow (Contract Flow) still built on this template is cascade-deleted along with it. If you need to keep those workflows, point them at a different template version first.

A template linked to a sent contract request is rejected with 400.

Response

• 204 No Content — the template version and its stored source file were permanently deleted. The response body is empty.

Error responses

Standard 401 (authentication), 403 (insufficient permission or role), and 429 (rate limit) responses apply to every endpoint and are documented in the Error reference.