Document apiReferenceContent controls

contentControls.delete

Delete a content control and its content. Set overrideDeletionLock to remove a deletion-locked target without first unlocking it.

mutates documentdry runconditional
doc.contentControls.delete(…)

Expected result

Returns a ContentControlMutationResult; reports NO_OP if already removed. An explicit override deletes in one history entry; Undo restores the original control and lock.

Inputs

targetobjectrequired
Fields
kind"block" | "inline"required
nodeType"sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
1 additional input field
overrideDeletionLockboolean

Override only the target wrapper deletion lock. Document and ancestor protection still apply.

Result

Output fields
true
appliedChangeMode"direct" | "tracked"
idstring
insertedEntityAddress[]
updatedEntityAddress[]
removedEntityAddress[]
invalidatedRefsAffectedRef[]
remappedRefsAffectedRefRemapping[]
affectedStoriesStoryLocator[]
textRangeShiftsTextRangeShift[]
txIdstring
warningsReviewWarning[]
effectsReceiptEffects
Fields
insertedTextTextMutationEffect[]
insertedBlocksBlockMutationEffect[]
trackedChangeRefsTrackedChangeAddress[]
trackedChangeCountinteger
changedboolean
successtruerequired
contentControlobjectrequired
Fields
kind"block" | "inline"required
nodeType"sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
createdBlockIdstring
updatedRefobject
Fields
kind"block" | "inline"required
nodeType"sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
false
successfalserequired
failureReceiptFailurerequired
Fields
codestringrequired
messagestringrequired
detailsunknown

Failures

Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • INVALID_TARGET
  • AMBIGUOUS_TARGET
4 more codes
  • INVALID_INPUT
  • LOCK_VIOLATION
  • REVISION_MISMATCH
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE

Non-applied receipt codes

  • NO_OP

Raw schemas

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