[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ml-delete-datafeed]]
=== Delete {dfeeds} API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Delete {dfeeds}</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing {dfeed}.

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

`DELETE _ml/datafeeds/<feed_id>`

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

* Unless you use the `force` parameter, you must stop the {dfeed} before you
can delete it.
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_ml` or
`manage` cluster privileges to use this API. See
{stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges].

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

`<feed_id>`::
  (Required, string) Identifier for the {dfeed}.

[[ml-delete-datafeed-query-parms]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

`force`::
  (Optional, boolean) Use to forcefully delete a started {dfeed}; this method is
  quicker than stopping and deleting the {dfeed}.

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

The following example deletes the `datafeed-total-requests` {dfeed}:

[source,console]
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DELETE _ml/datafeeds/datafeed-total-requests
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// TEST[skip:setup:server_metrics_datafeed]

When the {dfeed} is deleted, you receive the following results:

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