--
:api: delete-forecast 
:request: DeleteForecastRequest
:response: AcknowledgedResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Delete forecasts API

Deletes forecasts from an {anomaly-job}.
It accepts a +{request}+ object and responds
with an +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Delete forecasts request

A +{request}+ object gets created with an existing non-null `jobId`.
All other fields are optional for the request.

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<1> Constructing a new request referencing an existing `jobId`

==== Optional arguments

The following arguments are optional.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-options]
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<1> Sets the specific forecastIds to delete, can be set to `_all` to indicate ALL forecasts for the given
`jobId` 
<2> Set the timeout for the request to respond, default is 30 seconds 
<3> Set the `allow_no_forecasts` option. When `true` no error will be returned if an `_all`
request finds no forecasts. It defaults to `true`

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Delete forecasts response

An +{response}+ contains an acknowledgement of the forecast(s) deletion

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<1> `isAcknowledged()` indicates if the forecast was successfully deleted or not.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]