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# Delete Employee

> Delete an employee (soft delete by default, or hard delete with query parameter)

## Authentication

This endpoint requires Bearer token authentication with one of the following roles:

* `super_admin`
* `hr_manager`

## Path Parameters

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  The unique identifier of the employee (UUID format)
</ParamField>

## Query Parameters

<ParamField query="hard_delete" type="boolean" default="false">
  If set to `true`, permanently deletes the employee. Otherwise performs a soft delete.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Confirmation message
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Soft Delete theme={null}
  curl -X DELETE https://api.companyflow.com/employees/emp-uuid-here \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
  ```

  ```bash Hard Delete theme={null}
  curl -X DELETE "https://api.companyflow.com/employees/emp-uuid-here?hard_delete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 Success theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "message": "employee deleted"
  }
  ```

  ```json 400 Bad Request theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "message": "invalid employee id"
  }
  ```

  ```json 401 Unauthorized theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "message": "insufficient role"
  }
  ```

  ```json 500 Internal Server Error theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "message": "employee not found"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>