How to delete a Collection Type?

Question

I created a collection type in the Strapi admin panel and now I want to delete it, but I don't see an option anywhere in the admin panel to do so. I must be missing something obvious, right?

Answer 1

You can do it in Content Type Builder, steps:

1. Enter Admin panel
2. Content Type Builder
3. Click a collection type
4. Edit (small pen icon next to the name)
5. Delete
6. Confirm

Official docs - Deleting content-types

---

Another way is to use the admin API, make a DELETE call to:

/content-type-builder/content-types/:uid

To use the API you must have permissions enabled for a role under Roles & Permissions

Endpoints docs

---

At the time of this update Strapi added a caution (Feb 2022):

Deleting a content-type only deletes what was created and available from the Content-type Builder ... All the data ... is however kept in the database.

Answer 2

You need to start the server with npm run develop or yarn run develop

If you started the server with npm run start or yarn run start you will not see these options.

Answer 3

Make sure to skip the tour... It prevents you from deleting anything until it's completed...