# Permanently delete a forum

Permanently deletes a forum and all its associated categories. Requires authentication and forum management permissions. Administrative operation.

RBAC: requires GroupData.Manage

Endpoint: DELETE /api/v1/groups/{groupId}/forum/hard
Version: 1.0
Security: 

## Path parameters:

  - `groupId` (string, required)
    The unique identifier of the group
    Example: "us_01hxcvk1hjexere4pvtrj0ymqq"

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string, required)
    internal forum id
    Example: "us_01hxcvk1hjexere4pvtrj0ymqq"

  - `policy` (object, required)
    forum policy settings

  - `policy.dummy` (string,null)

  - `meta` (object, required)
    additional forum metadata

  - `createdAt` (string, required)
    when the forum was created
    Example: "2022-03-10T16:15:50Z"

  - `updatedAt` (string, required)
    when the forum was last updated
    Example: "2022-03-10T16:15:50Z"

  - `ownerId` (string, required)
    ID of the group that owns this forum
    Example: "us_01hxcvk1hjexere4pvtrj0ymqq"

## Response 401 fields (application/json):

  - `errorCode` (string, required)
    Error code

  - `message` (string, required)
    Error message

  - `docUrl` (string)
    Link to documentation

## Response 403 fields (application/json):

  - `errorCode` (string, required)
    Error code

  - `message` (string, required)
    Error message

  - `docUrl` (string)
    Link to documentation

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `errorCode` (string, required)
    Error code

  - `message` (string, required)
    Error message

  - `docUrl` (string)
    Link to documentation