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  tags:
    - holidays
    - DELETE
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  description: >-
    Deletes a holiday day from a custom holiday year configuration. Reference
    for the DELETE /holidays/days/{dayId} endpoint in the Leadtime Public API
    API.
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  badge: DELETE
  label: Delete holiday day
title: Delete holiday day
type: openapi-operation
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Deletes a holiday day from a custom holiday year configuration.

**What this does:**
Removes a holiday from the custom year configuration. The holiday is soft-deleted, meaning it's marked as deleted but not permanently removed from the database.

**Important:**
- Only holidays in custom years can be deleted
- You cannot delete holidays from default years - create a custom year first
- This is useful for removing holidays that don't apply to your organization
- The holiday will no longer appear in holiday lists or affect capacity calculations

**Use cases:**
- Removing regional holidays that don't apply to your organization
- Removing religious holidays that aren't observed by your company
- Cleaning up holidays you previously added but no longer need

**Note:** If you want to restore a deleted holiday, you can either:
- Recreate the custom year using `POST /holidays/years` (resets to defaults)
- Add the holiday back using `POST /holidays/days`

<Operation source="api-reference" id="holidayscontroller-deleteholidayday" />