# Soft delete source from identities

Soft-deletes a source from all entities that contain it. The underlying data
is retained for possible restoration but is no longer active in identity views.

Endpoint: POST /softDeleteSource
Version: 2026.1.2
Security: bearerAuth

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `auditId` (string)
    Audit identifier used for tracing and governance across Verato services.

  - `auditLogMap` (object)
    Generic map of string keys to string values.

  - `content` (object)
    Request to soft-delete a source.

  - `content.sourceToSoftDelete` (object, required)
    Tracks an identity to a particular source system and record ID.

  - `content.sourceToSoftDelete.date` (string)
    The date of the source data in ISO format (yyyy-MM-dd).

  - `content.sourceToSoftDelete.name` (string)
    Name of the data source. Must be unique across Verato.

  - `content.sourceToSoftDelete.id` (string)
    ID of an identity within the given data source.

  - `trackingId` (string)

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `auditId` (string)
    Audit identifier used for tracing and governance across Verato services.

  - `success` (boolean)

  - `unparsedJson` (string)

  - `warnings` (array)

  - `retryableError` (boolean)

  - `message` (string)

  - `content` (object)
    Service response for soft delete.

  - `content.linkIdsSoftDeleted` (array, required)
    Entity IDs that were fully soft-deleted.

  - `content.linkIdsModified` (array, required)
    Entity IDs that were modified.

  - `errors` (array)

  - `trackingId` (string)