[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[delete-data-frame-transform]]
=== Delete {dataframe-transforms} API

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<titleabbrev>Delete {dataframe-transforms}</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing {dataframe-transform}.


==== Request

`DELETE _data_frame/transforms/<data_frame_transform_id>`

==== Description

NOTE: Before you can delete the {dataframe-transform}, you must stop it.

==== Path Parameters

`data_frame_transform_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the {dataframe-transform}.

==== Authorization

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have
`manage_data_frame_transforms` cluster privileges to use this API. The built-in
`data_frame_transforms_admin` role has these privileges. For more information,
see {stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges] and
{stack-ov}/built-in-roles.html[Built-in roles].

==== Examples

The following example deletes the `ecommerce_transform` {dataframe-transform}:

[source,js]
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DELETE _data_frame/transforms/ecommerce_transform
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:setup kibana sample data]

When the {dataframe-transform} is deleted, you receive the following results:
[source,js]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE