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[[ml-delete-snapshot]]
=== Delete Model Snapshots API
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<titleabbrev>Delete Model Snapshots</titleabbrev>
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This 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. To identify the active model snapshot, refer to
the `model_snapshot_id` in the results from the get jobs API.

==== Path Parameters

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

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


==== Authorization

You must have `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
//<<privileges-list-cluster>>.


==== Examples

The following example deletes the `1491948163` snapshot:

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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:
[source,js]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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