[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[delete-inference]]
=== Delete {infer} trained model API
[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Delete {infer} trained model</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing trained {infer} model that is currently not referenced by an 
ingest pipeline.

experimental[]


[[ml-delete-inference-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _ml/inference/<model_id>`


[[ml-delete-inference-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* You must have `machine_learning_admin` built-in role to use this API. For more 
information, see <<security-privileges>> and <<built-in-roles>>.


[[ml-delete-inference-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<model_id>`::
(Optional, string) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=model-id]


[[ml-delete-inference-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`409`::
  The code indicates that the trained {infer} model is referenced by an ingest 
  pipeline and cannot be deleted.


[[ml-delete-inference-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example deletes the `regression-job-one-1574775307356` trained 
model:

[source,console]
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DELETE _ml/inference/regression-job-one-1574775307356
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// TEST[skip:TBD]

The API returns the following result:


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