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# Delete a variant by ID

> Deprecated, as it could not handle special characters for variantId in path. Will be removed soon. Use DELETE /variants?variantId={variantId} instead.

## OpenAPI

````json DELETE /api/product-catalog/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/variants/{variantId}
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "Product Catalog - Public API",
    "version": "1.0.3"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.mapp.com"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "Keycloak": []
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Variant Data Bulk Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for variant data bulk operations"
    },
    {
      "name": "Variant Data Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for variant data operations"
    },
    {
      "name": "Catalog Metadata Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for catalog metadata operations"
    },
    {
      "name": "Product Data Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for product data operations"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/product-catalog/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/variants/{variantId}": {
      "delete": {
        "tags": [
          "Variant Data Operations"
        ],
        "summary": "Delete a variant by ID",
        "description": "Deprecated, as it could not handle special characters for variantId in path. Will be removed soon. Use DELETE /variants?variantId={variantId} instead.",
        "operationId": "deleteVariantByPath",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "catalogId",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Catalog identifier containing the variant to delete.",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int64"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "variantId",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Variant identifier. If it contains special characters, clients must URL-encode the query parameter value.",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "*/*": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": true
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Keycloak": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    }
  }
}
````