[role="xpack"] [testenv="basic"] [[delete-license]] === Delete license API ++++ Delete license ++++ This API enables you to delete licensing information. [float] ==== Request `DELETE /_license` [float] ==== Description When your license expires, {xpack} operates in a degraded mode. For more information, see {stack-ov}/license-expiration.html[License Expiration]. [float] ==== Authorization You must have `manage` cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see <>. [float] ==== Examples The following example queries the info API: [source,console] ------------------------------------------------------------ DELETE /_license ------------------------------------------------------------ // TEST[skip:license testing issues] When the license is successfully deleted, the API returns the following response: [source,js] ------------------------------------------------------------ { "acknowledged": true } ------------------------------------------------------------ // NOTCONSOLE