Title: WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::delete_item
Published: December 9, 2020
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::delete_item( WP_REST_Request $request ): 󠀁[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)󠁿|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Deletes an application password for a user.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$request`[WP_REST_Request](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_request/)
required

Full details about the request.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)
|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) Response
object on success, or [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
object on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function delete_item( $request ) {
    	$user = $this->get_user( $request );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
    		return $user;
    	}

    	$password = $this->get_application_password( $request );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $password ) ) {
    		return $password;
    	}

    	$request->set_param( 'context', 'edit' );
    	$previous = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $password, $request );
    	$deleted  = WP_Application_Passwords::delete_application_password( $user->ID, $password['uuid'] );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $deleted ) ) {
    		return $deleted;
    	}

    	return new WP_REST_Response(
    		array(
    			'deleted'  => true,
    			'previous' => $previous->get_data(),
    		)
    	);
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::get_user()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/get_user/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php` |

Gets the requested user.

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| [WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::get_application_password()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/get_application_password/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php` |

Gets the requested application password for a user.

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| [WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/prepare_item_for_response/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php` |

Prepares the application password for the REST response.

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| [WP_Application_Passwords::delete_application_password()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/)`wp-includes/class-wp-application-passwords.php` |

Deletes an application password.

  | 
| [is_wp_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_wp_error/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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