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# Delete a Dashboard Service

> Delete a dashboard service by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

# Delete a Dashboard Service

Delete a dashboard service by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

## Delete by ID

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the dashboard service to delete.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="recursive" type="boolean" default="false">
  Recursively delete child entities (dashboards, charts).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="hardDelete" type="boolean" default="false">
  Permanently delete the dashboard service. If `false`, the service is soft-deleted and can be restored.
</ParamField>

## Delete by Name

Use `DELETE /v1/services/dashboardServices/name/{fqn}` to delete by fully qualified name.

<ParamField path="fqn" type="string" required>
  Fully qualified name of the dashboard service (e.g., `sample_looker`).
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="recursive" type="boolean" default="false">
  Recursively delete child entities.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="hardDelete" type="boolean" default="false">
  Permanently delete the dashboard service.
</ParamField>

## Restore a Soft-Deleted Dashboard Service

Use `PUT /v1/services/dashboardServices/restore` to restore a soft-deleted dashboard service.

<ParamField body="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the soft-deleted dashboard service to restore.
</ParamField>

<RequestExample dropdown>
  ```python DELETE /v1/services/dashboardServices/{id} theme={null}
  from metadata.sdk import configure
  import requests

  configure(
      host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
      jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
  )

  # Soft delete by ID
  response = requests.delete(
      "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd",
      headers={"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"}
  )

  # Hard delete
  response = requests.delete(
      "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd?hardDelete=true",
      headers={"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"}
  )

  # Delete by name
  response = requests.delete(
      "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/name/sample_looker",
      headers={"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"}
  )

  # Restore
  response = requests.put(
      "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/restore",
      headers={"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"},
      json={"id": "2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd"}
  )
  ```

  ```java DELETE /v1/services/dashboardServices/{id} theme={null}
  import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.DashboardServices.*;

  // Soft delete
  DashboardServices.delete("2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd").execute();

  // Hard delete
  DashboardServices.delete("2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd")
      .hardDelete()
      .execute();

  // Delete by name
  DashboardServices.deleteByName("sample_looker").execute();

  // Restore
  DashboardServices.restore("2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd");
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/services/dashboardServices/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete by ID
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd?hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Delete by name
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/name/sample_looker" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Restore soft-deleted dashboard service
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/services/dashboardServices/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Soft Delete) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "2c0c7c05-d820-4bea-a471-047deb7f92fd",
    "name": "sample_looker",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_looker",
    "serviceType": "Looker",
    "version": 0.2,
    "updatedAt": 1769982621219,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "deleted": true,
    "owners": [],
    "tags": [],
    "domains": []
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

Soft delete returns the dashboard service object with `deleted: true`. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored dashboard service object.

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## Error Handling

| Code  | Error Type     | Description                                            |
| ----- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `401` | `UNAUTHORIZED` | Invalid or missing authentication token                |
| `403` | `FORBIDDEN`    | User lacks permission to delete this dashboard service |
| `404` | `NOT_FOUND`    | Dashboard service with given ID or FQN does not exist  |