Trash a page

The API does not support permanently deleting pages.

To trash a page via the API, send an Update page request with the in_trash body param set to true. To restore a page from the trash, set in_trash to false.

archived was removed in 2026-03-11

In API versions before 2026-03-11, archived was a deprecated alias for in_trash. Starting with 2026-03-11, only in_trash is accepted. If your connection uses an older API version and still sends archived, update to in_trash before upgrading.

Example request: trash a Notion page

cURL

curl https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/60bdc8bd-3880-44b8-a9cd-8a145b3ffbd7 \
  -H ‘Authorization: Bearer ‘"$NOTION_API_KEY"’’ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2026-03-11" \
  -X PATCH \
	--data ‘{
    "in_trash": true
}’

If you are using Notion’s JavaScript SDK to interact with the REST API, use the update method available for Notion pages.

JavaScript

const { Client } = require("@notionhq/client")

// Initializing a client
const notion = new Client({
	auth: process.env.NOTION_API_KEY,
})

const trashPage = async () => {
	await notion.pages.update({
	  page_id: pageId,
	  in_trash: true,
	});
}

If successful, the API responds with a 200 HTTP status code and the trashed page object, as in the following example:

JSON

{
    "object": "page",
    "id": "be633bf1-dfa0-436d-b259-571129a590e5",
    "created_time": "2022-10-24T22:54:00.000Z",
    "last_edited_time": "2023-03-08T18:25:00.000Z",
    "created_by": {
        "object": "user",
        "id": "c2f20311-9e54-4d11-8c79-7398424ae41e"
    },
    "last_edited_by": {
        "object": "user",
        "id": "9188c6a5-7381-452f-b3dc-d4865aa89bdf"
    },
    "cover": null,
    "icon": {
        "type": "emoji",
        "emoji": "🐞"
    },
    "parent": {
        "type": "database_id",
        "database_id": "a1d8501e-1ac1-43e9-a6bd-ea9fe6c8822b"
    },
  	"in_trash": true,
    "properties": {
        "Due date": {
            "id": "M%3BBw",
            "type": "date",
            "date": {
                "start": "2023-02-23",
                "end": null,
                "time_zone": null
            }
        },
        "Status": {
            "id": "Z%3ClH",
            "type": "status",
            "status": {
                "id": "86ddb6ec-0627-47f8-800d-b65afd28be13",
                "name": "Not started",
                "color": "default"
            }
        },
        "Title": {
            "id": "title",
            "type": "title",
            "title": [
                {
                    "type": "text",
                    "text": {
                        "content": "Bug bash",
                        "link": null
                    },
                    "annotations": {
                        "bold": false,
                        "italic": false,
                        "strikethrough": false,
                        "underline": false,
                        "code": false,
                        "color": "default"
                    },
                    "plain_text": "Bug bash",
                    "href": null
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "url": "https://www.notion.com/Bug-bash-be633bf1dfa0436db259571129a590e5"
}

Refer to the error codes documentation for possible errors.

Example request: restore a Notion page

cURL

curl https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/60bdc8bd-3880-44b8-a9cd-8a145b3ffbd7 \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer '"$NOTION_API_KEY"'' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2026-03-11" \
  -X PATCH \
	--data '{
    "in_trash": false
}'

JavaScript

// Restore a trashed page using the Notion JavaScript SDK
const restorePage = async () => {
	await notion.pages.update({
	  page_id: pageId,
	  in_trash: false,
	});
}

If successful, the API responds with a 200 HTTP status code and the restored page object. Refer to the error codes documentation for possible errors.