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Deletes a comment by its unique identifier.

### Deletion Behavior

- **Comments with replies**: Soft delete
  - Content is replaced with "[deleted]"
  - Author information is anonymized
  - Comment remains visible to maintain conversation context
  - Votes and scores are reset to 0

- **Comments without replies**: Hard delete
  - Comment is permanently removed from the database
  - All associated data is deleted

### Permissions

- Comment authors can delete their own comments
- Admins can delete any comment (subject to permissions)
- Lite seat admins can only delete their own comments
- Non-authors require `manage_comments` or `manage_comments_private` permission

### Response

Returns a deletion confirmation:

```json
{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "object": "comment",
  "deleted": true
}
```

### Errors

- `400` - Invalid comment ID format
- `403` - Not authorized to delete this comment
- `404` - Comment not found or doesn't belong to your organization

API version for this request. Defaults to your organization's configured API version if not specified.

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Bad Request

Possible error codes:
- `invalid_id`: The comment ID format is invalid

Not Found

Possible error codes:
- `comment_not_found`: No comment exists with this ID

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