[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[delete-transform]]
=== Delete {transform} API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Delete {transform}</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing {transform}.

[[delete-transform-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _transform/<transform_id>`

[[delete-transform-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* Before you can delete the {transform}, you must stop it.
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_transform` 
cluster privileges to use this API. The built-in `transform_admin` role has 
these privileges. For more information, see <<security-privileges>> and 
<<built-in-roles>>.


[[delete-transform-path-parms]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<transform_id>`::
(Required, string)
include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=transform-id]

[[delete-transform-query-parms]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

`force`::
(Optional, boolean) When `true`, the {transform} is deleted regardless of its
current state. The default value is `false`, meaning that the {transform} must be
`stopped` before it can be deleted.

[[delete-transform-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

[source,console]
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DELETE _transform/ecommerce_transform
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// TEST[skip:setup kibana sample data]

When the {transform} is deleted, you receive the following results:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
----