# Delete a nutrition menu

`DELETE https://api.coach-platform.com/api/public/nutrition-menus/{menuId}`

Delete a nutrition menu permanently.

- Resource: Nutrition Menus
- Authentication: API key in the `Authorization: Bearer cp_live_...` header
- HTML version: https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/delete-nutrition-menus-menu-id
- OpenAPI spec: https://www.coach-platform.com/openapi.json

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `menuId` | string | Yes |   |

## Header parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Idempotency-Key` | string | No | Optional. Send a unique key (e.g. a UUID) to make this POST safe to retry. The same key within 24h returns the original result instead of creating a duplicate. |

## Responses

| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| `200` OK |  |

### 200 OK

The OpenAPI spec does not describe a response body for this status.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://api.coach-platform.com/api/public/nutrition-menus/<menuId>' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer cp_live_...'
```

### JavaScript (fetch)

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.coach-platform.com/api/public/nutrition-menus/<menuId>', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer cp_live_...',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
```

## Related endpoints

- [Get a trainee's daily nutrition log](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-nutrition-log/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/nutrition-log`. What a trainee actually ate on ONE day: the food log for that date, per-meal and per-day calorie/macro totals, and the times of day the food was logged.
- [List nutrition menus](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-nutrition-menus/index.md): `GET /api/public/nutrition-menus`. List nutrition menus.
- [Create a nutrition menu](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-nutrition-menus/index.md): `POST /api/public/nutrition-menus`. Create a nutrition menu.
- [Get a nutrition menu](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-nutrition-menus-menu-id/index.md): `GET /api/public/nutrition-menus/{menuId}`. Get a nutrition menu by id (with full meals breakdown).
- [Update a nutrition menu](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/patch-nutrition-menus-menu-id/index.md): `PATCH /api/public/nutrition-menus/{menuId}`. Partially update a nutrition menu.
- [Get a trainee's active nutrition menu](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-active-nutrition-menu/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/active-nutrition-menu`. Get a trainee's currently active nutrition menu (resolved via the active coaching period).
- [Add an alternative meal](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-nutrition-menus-menu-id-meals-meal-id-alternatives/index.md): `POST /api/public/nutrition-menus/{menuId}/meals/{mealId}/alternatives`. Add an alternative meal to one meal of a menu — the same "add alternative meal" the dashboard offers.
- [Remove an alternative meal](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/delete-nutrition-menus-menu-id-meals-meal-id-alternatives-alternative-id/index.md): `DELETE /api/public/nutrition-menus/{menuId}/meals/{mealId}/alternatives/{alternativeId}`. Remove one alternative meal from a meal.
- [Search the food database](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-food-items/index.md): `GET /api/public/food-items`. Search the food database the dashboard searches: the shared catalog plus the coach's own items.
- Previous: [Update a nutrition menu](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/patch-nutrition-menus-menu-id/index.md): `PATCH /api/public/nutrition-menus/{menuId}`. Partially update a nutrition menu.
- Next: [Get a trainee's active nutrition menu](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-active-nutrition-menu/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/active-nutrition-menu`. Get a trainee's currently active nutrition menu (resolved via the active coaching period).