---
search:
  tags:
    - Nutrition
    - DELETE
seo:
  description: >-
    Removes a single logged food item and recomputes the affected day's totals.
    Reference for the DELETE /api/nutrition/items/{id} endpoint in the skcal
    API.
sidebar:
  label: Delete a food item
  badge: DELETE
title: Delete a food item
type: openapi-operation
---
Removes a single logged food item and recomputes the affected day's totals.

`DELETE /api/nutrition/items/{id}`

**Responses**

- `200` — The item was deleted.
- `400` — The request body or parameters failed validation.
- `404` — No matching resource owned by the caller.

Response example, 200:

```json
{
  "ok": true
}
```