# Delete Custom Ingredient



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Permanently delete a custom ingredient — irreversible via the API. `restoreCustomIngredient` is refused on a `deleted` ingredient (409 `custom_ingredient_not_restorable`), so no prior version can undo this. Scoped to `draft`, never-confirmed ingredients with zero recipe usage only: a typo'd or misnamed draft that was never confirmed and never composed into a recipe. Rejected once the ingredient has been confirmed (`active`), `archived`, or is already `deleted` — use `archiveCustomIngredient` to withdraw an ingredient that's ever been active. Rejected if any recipe pins this ingredient, even though a `draft` cannot normally acquire usage — check `getCustomIngredientUsage` first if unsure. Unlike `deleteRecipe`, the ingredient remains readable afterward with `status=deleted` — the record and every version before the delete are retained; what ends is any further use of the ingredient.

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