Document apiReference

delete

Delete content at a contiguous document selection. Accepts a SelectionTarget or mutation-ready ref. Supports cross-block deletion and optional block-edge expansion via behavior mode.

mutates documenttracked modedry runconditional
doc.delete(…)

Expected result

Returns a TextMutationReceipt with applied status; receipt reports NO_OP if the target range is collapsed or empty.

Inputs

target
targetSelectionTargetrequired

Selection target: {kind:'selection', start:{kind:'text', blockId, offset}, end:{kind:'text', blockId, offset}}. Use 'ref' instead when you have a search result handle.

Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"selection"required
startSelectionPointrequired

A point in the document. Use {kind:'text', blockId, offset} for character positions or {kind:'nodeEdge', node:{kind:'block', nodeType, nodeId}, edge:'before'|'after'} for block boundaries.

text
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired
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
nodeEdge
kind"nodeEdge"required
nodeSelectionEdgeNodeAddressrequired
edge"before" | "after"required
endSelectionPointrequired

A point in the document. Use {kind:'text', blockId, offset} for character positions or {kind:'nodeEdge', node:{kind:'block', nodeType, nodeId}, edge:'before'|'after'} for block boundaries.

text
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired
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
nodeEdge
kind"nodeEdge"required
nodeSelectionEdgeNodeAddressrequired
edge"before" | "after"required
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
coordinateSpaceTextCoordinateSpace
inStoryLocator

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
Fields
kind"section"required
sectionIdstringrequired
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
behaviorDeleteBehavior

Delete behavior: 'selection' (default) or 'exact'.

ref
refstringrequired

Handle ref string from a superdoc_search result. Pass the handle.ref value directly (e.g. 'text:eyJ...'). Preferred over 'target' for inline formatting.

inStoryLocator

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
Fields
kind"section"required
sectionIdstringrequired
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
behaviorDeleteBehavior

Delete behavior: 'selection' (default) or 'exact'.

Result

Output fields
true
successtruerequired
appliedChangeMode"direct" | "tracked"
resolutionTextMutationResolutionrequired
Fields
requestedTargetTextAddress
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
rangeRangerequired
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
targetTextAddressrequired
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
rangeRangerequired
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
rangeTextMutationRangerequired
Fields
fromintegerrequired
tointegerrequired
textstringrequired
selectionTargetSelectionTarget
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"selection"required
startSelectionPointrequired

A point in the document. Use {kind:'text', blockId, offset} for character positions or {kind:'nodeEdge', node:{kind:'block', nodeType, nodeId}, edge:'before'|'after'} for block boundaries.

text
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired
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
nodeEdge
kind"nodeEdge"required
nodeSelectionEdgeNodeAddressrequired
edge"before" | "after"required
endSelectionPointrequired

A point in the document. Use {kind:'text', blockId, offset} for character positions or {kind:'nodeEdge', node:{kind:'block', nodeType, nodeId}, edge:'before'|'after'} for block boundaries.

text
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired
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
nodeEdge
kind"nodeEdge"required
nodeSelectionEdgeNodeAddressrequired
edge"before" | "after"required
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
coordinateSpaceTextCoordinateSpace
status"NO_OP"
changeTagstring

Caller correlation for this commit only; never persisted or replayed on Undo/Redo.

temporaryobject
Fields
idstringrequired
phase"begin" | "replace" | "rollback" | "commit"required
tagstringrequired
onNativeEdit"cancel" | "preserve"
cancelledBy"native-edit"
idstring
insertedEntityAddress[]
updatedEntityAddress[]
removedEntityAddress[]
invalidatedRefsAffectedRef[]
remappedRefsAffectedRefRemapping[]
affectedStoriesStoryLocator[]
textRangeShiftsTextRangeShift[]
trackedTextRangeShiftsTrackedTextRangeShift[]
txIdstring
warningsReviewWarning[]
effectsReceiptEffects
Fields
insertedTextTextMutationEffect[]
insertedBlocksBlockMutationEffect[]
resultTextTextTarget
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"text"required
segmentsTextSegment[]required
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
coordinateSpaceTextCoordinateSpace
trackedChangeRefsTrackedChangeAddress[]
trackedChangeCountinteger
changedboolean
historyHistoryReplay
Fields
txIdstringrequired
direction"undo" | "redo"required
txIdsstring[]
trackedChangeOutcomesobject[]
false
successfalserequired
failureobjectrequired
Fields
code"NO_OP" | "LOCK_VIOLATION" | "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE" | "PRECONDITION_FAILED" | "REVISION_MISMATCH"required
messagestringrequired
detailsunknown
resolutionTextMutationResolutionrequired
Fields
requestedTargetTextAddress
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
rangeRangerequired
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
targetTextAddressrequired
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
rangeRangerequired
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
rangeTextMutationRangerequired
Fields
fromintegerrequired
tointegerrequired
textstringrequired
selectionTargetSelectionTarget
Fields
captureStatestring

Opaque browser selection capture state. Preserve it when passing a selection target to comments.create. Changed or unverifiable state is refused before writing.

kind"selection"required
startSelectionPointrequired

A point in the document. Use {kind:'text', blockId, offset} for character positions or {kind:'nodeEdge', node:{kind:'block', nodeType, nodeId}, edge:'before'|'after'} for block boundaries.

text
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired
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
nodeEdge
kind"nodeEdge"required
nodeSelectionEdgeNodeAddressrequired
edge"before" | "after"required
endSelectionPointrequired

A point in the document. Use {kind:'text', blockId, offset} for character positions or {kind:'nodeEdge', node:{kind:'block', nodeType, nodeId}, edge:'before'|'after'} for block boundaries.

text
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired
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
nodeEdge
kind"nodeEdge"required
nodeSelectionEdgeNodeAddressrequired
edge"before" | "after"required
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
coordinateSpaceTextCoordinateSpace

Failures

Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
  • INVALID_TARGET
6 more codes
  • INVALID_INPUT
  • STORY_NOT_FOUND
  • STORY_MISMATCH
  • STORY_NOT_SUPPORTED
  • CROSS_STORY_PLAN
  • MATERIALIZATION_FAILED

Non-applied receipt codes

  • NO_OP
  • LOCK_VIOLATION
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
2 more codes
  • PRECONDITION_FAILED
  • REVISION_MISMATCH

Raw schemas

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