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:api: delete-data-frame-analytics
:request: DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsRequest
:response: AcknowledgedResponse
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[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Delete {dfanalytics-jobs} API

Delete an existing {dfanalytics-job}.
The API accepts a +{request}+ object as a request and returns a +{response}+.

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

A +{request}+ object requires a {dfanalytics-job} ID.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> Constructing a new request referencing an existing {dfanalytics-job}.

==== Optional arguments

The following arguments are optional:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-force]
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<1> Use to forcefully delete a job that is not stopped. This method is quicker than stopping
and deleting the job. Defaults to `false`.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Response

The returned +{response}+ object acknowledges the {dfanalytics-job} deletion.