/ItemConsole/DeleteExample.cs

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Net;

using System.Net.Http;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Web;



namespace ItemConsole

{

    public class DeleteExample

    {

        public static void DeleteItemsUnderHome()

        {

            // Setup Item request

            var request = WebRequest.CreateHttp("http://usergroup/-/item/v1/sitecore/content/home?scope=c");

            // Important: Children scope ->                                                          ^^^^^^^



            // Setup username and password headers

            request.Headers.Add("X-Scitemwebapi-Username", "admin");

            request.Headers.Add("X-Scitemwebapi-Password", "b");

            request.Method = "DELETE";



            var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

            ConsoleExt.WriteJsonStream(response.GetResponseStream());

        }

    }

}