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# Delete a pension group

> Deletes a pension group.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/specs/pension-v2.json delete /pension-group/{id}
openapi: 3.0.4
info:
  title: FlowPayroll Pension API
  version: v2
servers:
  - url: https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v2/pension
security: []
tags:
  - name: Pension providers
    description: >-
      Look up the pension providers available to your organisation. Providers
      are set up in the product, so the API exposes them read-only.
  - name: Pension schemes
    description: >-
      Your organisation's arrangements with providers. Scheme endpoints use the
      /pension-schema path.
  - name: Pension groups
    description: >-
      Contribution rule sets within a scheme: pension type, contribution basis,
      and employee and employer factors.
  - name: Employee enrolment
    description: >-
      Associate employees with pension groups, remove associations, and send
      enrolment letters.
  - name: Pension information
    description: >-
      An employee's full pension picture in one call: composition, latest
      assessment, and postponement.
  - name: Auto-enrolment
    description: >-
      Assessment results per pay run, employees with outstanding or no
      auto-enrolment, and a stateless assessment preview.
  - name: Postponement
    description: Defer auto-enrolment per employee, overriding the organisation defaults.
  - name: Organisation defaults
    description: >-
      The organisation's default pension group, postponement definitions, and
      auto-enrolment mode.
  - name: Pension calculations
    description: >-
      Per-period contribution amounts, the contributions CSV, and provider
      export files.
  - name: Provider submissions
    description: >-
      Send a completed pay run to its connected pension provider, approve the
      payment, and read back what the provider reported: opt-outs, stopped
      contributions, refunds and schedules.
paths:
  /pension-group/{id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Pension groups
      summary: Delete a pension group
      description: Deletes a pension group.
      operationId: DeletePensionGroup
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PensionGroupV2ResponseBody'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectResponseBody'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectResponseBody'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectResponseBody'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectResponseBody'
components:
  schemas:
    PensionGroupV2ResponseBody:
      required:
        - message
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageWithTokenResponse'
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PensionGroupV2ContentResponse'
        validationIssues:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssue'
          nullable: true
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: >-
            Deprecated: the same issues as `validationIssues` (`reasonText` is
            `reason`, `reasonId` is `reasonToken`, `reasonParameters` is
            `reasonTokenArguments`). Read `validationIssues`; this will be
            removed.
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
          deprecated: true
        metadata:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMetadataResponse'
          description: >-
            Deprecated: the same values as `content.metadata`. Read that; this
            will be removed.
          deprecated: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        The response envelope every FlowPayroll API answers with: a `message`,
        the

        `content`, and any `validationIssues`. `errors` and the top-level

        `metadata` are deprecated copies of `validationIssues` and

        `content.metadata`, and will be removed.
    ObjectResponseBody:
      required:
        - message
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageWithTokenResponse'
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectContentResponse'
        validationIssues:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssue'
          nullable: true
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: >-
            Deprecated: the same issues as `validationIssues` (`reasonText` is
            `reason`, `reasonId` is `reasonToken`, `reasonParameters` is
            `reasonTokenArguments`). Read `validationIssues`; this will be
            removed.
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
          deprecated: true
        metadata:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMetadataResponse'
          description: >-
            Deprecated: the same values as `content.metadata`. Read that; this
            will be removed.
          deprecated: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        The response envelope every FlowPayroll API answers with: a `message`,
        the

        `content`, and any `validationIssues`. `errors` and the top-level

        `metadata` are deprecated copies of `validationIssues` and

        `content.metadata`, and will be removed.
    MessageWithTokenResponse:
      required:
        - token
      type: object
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        token:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Stable snake_case key for the message, for clients that translate
            it.
          nullable: true
        tokenArguments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssueArgument'
          nullable: true
        textId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Deprecated: the same value as `token`. Read that; this will be
            removed.
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
          deprecated: true
        textParameters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pair'
          description: >-
            Deprecated: the same values as `tokenArguments`. Read that; this
            will be removed.
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
          deprecated: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        What happened, as English `text` and a stable `token` to translate from.

        `textId` and `textParameters` are deprecated copies of `token` and
        `tokenArguments`.
    PensionGroupV2ContentResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PensionGroupV2'
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMetadataResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    ValidationIssue:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        reason:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        reasonToken:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        reasonTokenArguments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssueArgument'
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        reasonText:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        reasonId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        reasonParameters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pair'
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Deprecated: an entry of the old `errors` list. Read `validationIssues`
        instead.
      deprecated: true
    ContentMetadataResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        dateFormat:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        dateTimeFormat:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        paginationToken:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ObjectContentResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          nullable: true
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMetadataResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    ValidationIssueArgument:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        value:
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    Pair:
      type: object
      properties:
        key:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        value:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Deprecated: a key and value of the old `textParameters` and
        `reasonParameters`.
      deprecated: true
    PensionGroupV2:
      required:
        - basis
        - createdBy
        - createdDate
        - employeeFactor
        - employerFactor
        - id
        - isDefault
        - name
        - nationalInsuranceSavingsFactor
        - organisationId
        - pensionSchemaId
        - pensionType
        - updatedBy
        - updatedDate
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        organisationId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Deprecated: a pension group always belongs to the organisation in
            the access token. Rely on the `organisationId` of the enclosing
            resource where one is present, or on the organisation the request
            was authenticated as.
          nullable: true
          deprecated: true
        pensionSchemaId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        name:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        isDefault:
          type: boolean
        pensionType:
          enum:
            - ReliefAtSource
            - SalarySacrifice
            - NetPayArrangement
          type: string
          nullable: true
        isSalarySacrifice:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Deprecated: derived field, true only when `pensionType` is
            `SalarySacrifice`. Rely on `pensionType`, which also distinguishes
            `ReliefAtSource` from `NetPayArrangement`.
          readOnly: true
          deprecated: true
        basis:
          enum:
            - Pensionable
            - QualifyingEarnings
          type: string
          nullable: true
        employeeFactor:
          type: number
          format: float
        employerFactor:
          type: number
          format: float
        nationalInsuranceSavingsFactor:
          type: number
          format: float
        contributionType:
          enum:
            - Percentage
            - FixedAmount
          type: string
          nullable: true
        employeeFixedAmount:
          type: number
          format: double
          nullable: true
        employerFixedAmount:
          type: number
          format: double
          nullable: true
        externalReferenceId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        createdBy:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedBy:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        updatedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false

````

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