---
title: "Delete a Content Type"
description: "process of deleting a content type from the stack"
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/headless-cms/delete-a-content-type"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-23"
---

# Delete a Content Type

Contentstack allows you to delete a [content type](/docs/headless-cms/about-content-types) that you created in your [stack](/docs/headless-cms/about-stack).

**Note**: Unless you are the Owner or Admin of the stack, you cannot delete content types created by other stakeholders.

To delete a content type, log in to your [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login), and perform the following steps:

1.  Go to your stack, click on the “Content Models” icon.
2.  Next, click on the ellipses under the **Actions** column (extreme right) for the corresponding content type you want to delete.
3.  Click on **Delete**.![delete-a-content-type-1.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt377209beb80a3db0/65ca1a24dccfc62885aaefab/delete-a-content-type-1.png)
4.  Confirm the **Delete** action.![delete-a-content-type-2.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt4c516b9a82de1bb4/65ca1a2423dbef3c16ffe2a1/delete-a-content-type-2.png)

**Warning:** These steps will move the content type along with all the [entries](/docs/headless-cms/about-entries) within it to the [trash](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/headless-cms/about-trash). But, before you delete anything, we suggest you check out our article on [Content Type Change Management](/docs/headless-cms/content-type-change-management#make-major-changes-to-the-schema-of-a-content-type).

## API Reference

To delete your content type via API request, refer to the [Delete a Content Type](/docs/developers/apis/content-management-api/content-types#delete-content-type) API request.