[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ml-delete-calendar-event]]
=== Delete events from calendar API
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<titleabbrev>Delete events from calendar</titleabbrev>
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Deletes scheduled events from a calendar.

[[ml-delete-calendar-event-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _ml/calendars/<calendar_id>/events/<event_id>`

[[ml-delete-calendar-event-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_ml` or
`manage` cluster privileges to use this API. See
<<security-privileges>>.

[[ml-delete-calendar-event-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API removes individual events from a calendar. To remove all scheduled
events and delete the calendar, see the
<<ml-delete-calendar,delete calendar API>>.

[[ml-delete-calendar-event-path-parms]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<calendar_id>`::
(Required, string)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=calendar-id]

`<event_id>`::
(Required, string) Identifier for the scheduled event. You can obtain this
identifier by using the <<ml-get-calendar-event,get calendar events API>>.

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

[source,console]
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DELETE _ml/calendars/planned-outages/events/LS8LJGEBMTCMA-qz49st
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// TEST[skip:catch:missing]

When the event is removed, you receive the following results:
[source,js]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
----