Title: rest_delete_revision
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# do_action( ‘rest_delete_revision’, WP_Post|false|null $result, WP_REST_Request $request )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_delete_revision/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_delete_revision/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_delete_revision/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_delete_revision/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Fires after a revision is deleted via the REST API.

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

 `$result`[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)|
false|null

The revision object (if it was deleted or moved to the Trash successfully) or false
or null (failure). If the revision was moved to the Trash, $result represents its
new state; if it was deleted, $result represents its state before deletion.

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

The request sent to the API.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'rest_delete_revision', $result, $request );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php#L535)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php#L535-L535)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Revisions_Controller::delete_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_revisions_controller/delete_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-revisions-controller.php` |

Deletes a single revision.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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