Title: WP_REST_Font_Families_Controller::delete_item
Published: April 3, 2024
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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

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Deletes a single font family.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_font_families_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_font_families_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_font_families_controller/delete_item/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function delete_item( $request ) {
    	$force = isset( $request['force'] ) ? (bool) $request['force'] : false;

    	// We don't support trashing for font families.
    	if ( ! $force ) {
    		return new WP_Error(
    			'rest_trash_not_supported',
    			/* translators: %s: force=true */
    			sprintf( __( 'Font faces do not support trashing. Set "%s" to delete.' ), 'force=true' ),
    			array( 'status' => 501 )
    		);
    	}

    	return parent::delete_item( $request );
    }
    ```

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Posts_Controller::delete_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_posts_controller/delete_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php` |

Deletes a single post.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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