## Delete Task State

`states.delete(strstate_id)  -> State`

**delete** `/states/{state_id}`

Delete Task State

### Parameters

- `state_id: str`

### Returns

- `class State: …`

  Represents a state in the agent system. A state is associated uniquely with a task and an agent.

  This entity is used to store states in MongoDB, with each state
  associated with a specific task and agent. The combination of task_id and agent_id is globally unique.

  The state is a dictionary of arbitrary data.

  - `id: str`

    The task state's unique id

  - `agent_id: str`

  - `created_at: datetime`

    The timestamp when the state was created

  - `state: Dict[str, object]`

  - `task_id: str`

  - `updated_at: Optional[datetime]`

    The timestamp when the state was last updated

### Example

```python
import os
from agentex import Agentex

client = Agentex(
    api_key=os.environ.get("AGENTEX_SDK_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
state = client.states.delete(
    "state_id",
)
print(state.id)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "agent_id": "agent_id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "state": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "task_id": "task_id",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```