Unpublish a release

DELETE

https://api.contentful.com/spaces/:space_id/environments/:environment_id/releases/:release_id/published

DELETE

/spaces/:space_id/environments/:environment_id/releases/:release_id/published

$ curl -X DELETE https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments/staging/releases/black-friday-1pQyHCh6c6Ic2qFzXzAWmW/published \
>      -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

202Releases_unpublishARelease_example

1 {
2   "action": "publish|unpublish|validate",
3   "error": "",
4   "sys": {
5     "id": "'<release_action_id>'",
6     "type": "ReleaseAction",
7     "status": "'created'",
8     "space": {
9       "sys": {
10         "type": "Link",
11         "linkType": "Space",
12         "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0"
13       }
14     },
15     "environment": {
16       "sys": {
17         "type": "Link",
18         "linkType": "Environment",
19         "id": "staging"
20       }
21     },
22     "createdAt": "2025-12-22T23:03:40.000Z",
23     "createdBy": {
24       "sys": {
25         "type": "Link",
26         "linkType": "User",
27         "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ"
28       }
29     },
30     "updatedAt": "2025-12-22T23:03:40.000Z",
31     "release": {
32       "sys": {
33         "id": "",
34         "type": "Link",
35         "linkType": "Release"
36       }
37     }
38   }
39 }

Unpublishes all entities in a release.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

space_idstringRequired

ID of the space in form of a string

environment_idstringRequired

ID of the environment in form of a string

release_idstringRequired

ID of the release in form of a string

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

HTTP 202