[[ml-delete-job]]
==== Delete Jobs

The delete job API allows you to delete an existing anomaly detection job.

===== Request

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

===== Description

All job configuration, model state and results are deleted.

IMPORTANT:  Deleting a job must be done via this API only. Do not delete the
            job directly from the `.ml-*` indices using the Elasticsearch
            DELETE Document API. When {security} is enabled, make sure no `write`
            privileges are granted to anyone over the `.ml-*` indices.

Before you can delete a job, you must delete the data feeds that are associated with it.
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It is not currently possible to delete multiple jobs using wildcards or a comma separated list.

===== Path Parameters

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

[source,js]
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DELETE _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/event_rate
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:todo]

When the job is deleted, you receive the following results:
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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