[[ml-delete-snapshot]]
==== Delete Model Snapshots

The delete model snapshot API enables you to delete an existing model snapshot.

===== Request

`DELETE _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/model_snapshots/<snapshot_id>`


===== Description

IMPORTANT: You cannot delete the active model snapshot. To delete that snapshot,
first revert to a different one.

//TBD: Where do you see restorePriority? Per old docs, the active model snapshot
//is "...the snapshot with the highest restorePriority".

===== Path Parameters

`job_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the job

`snapshot_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the model snapshot
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===== Responses

200
(EmptyResponse) The cluster has been successfully deleted
404
(BasicFailedReply) The cluster specified by {cluster_id} cannot be found (code: clusters.cluster_not_found)
412
(BasicFailedReply) The Elasticsearch cluster has not been shutdown yet (code: clusters.cluster_plan_state_error)

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===== Examples

The following example deletes the `1491948163` snapshot:

[source,js]
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DELETE _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/farequote/model_snapshots/1491948163
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:todo]

When the snapshot is deleted, you receive the following results:

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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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