> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a Database Schema

> Delete a database schema by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

# Delete a Database Schema

Delete a database schema 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 database schema to delete.
</ParamField>

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

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

## Delete by Name

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

<ParamField path="fqn" type="string" required>
  Fully qualified name of the schema (e.g., `snowflake_prod.analytics.public`).
</ParamField>

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

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

## Restore a Soft-Deleted Schema

Use `PUT /v1/databaseSchemas/restore` to restore a soft-deleted schema.

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

<RequestExample dropdown>
  ```python DELETE /v1/databaseSchemas/{id} theme={null}
  from metadata.sdk import configure
  from metadata.sdk.entities import DatabaseSchemas

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

  # Soft delete by ID
  DatabaseSchemas.delete("770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

  # Hard delete with recursive
  DatabaseSchemas.delete(
      "770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      recursive=True,
      hard_delete=True
  )

  # Delete by name
  DatabaseSchemas.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics.public")

  # Delete by name with options
  DatabaseSchemas.delete_by_name(
      "snowflake_prod.analytics.public",
      recursive=True,
      hard_delete=True
  )

  # Restore a soft-deleted schema
  DatabaseSchemas.restore("770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")
  ```

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

  // Soft delete
  DatabaseSchemas.delete("770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000").execute();

  // Hard delete with recursive
  DatabaseSchemas.delete("770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")
      .recursive()
      .hardDelete()
      .execute();
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/databaseSchemas/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete by ID
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databaseSchemas/f681432b-e66c-4096-a1cd-7771358c5323" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete with recursive
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databaseSchemas/f681432b-e66c-4096-a1cd-7771358c5323?recursive=true&hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Delete by name
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databaseSchemas/name/Glue.default.information_schema?recursive=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Restore soft-deleted schema
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databaseSchemas/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "f681432b-e66c-4096-a1cd-7771358c5323"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Soft Delete) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "f681432b-e66c-4096-a1cd-7771358c5323",
    "name": "information_schema",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "Glue.default.information_schema",
    "deleted": true,
    "version": 0.2
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

Soft delete returns the schema object with `deleted: true`. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored schema 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 schema |
| `404` | `NOT_FOUND`    | Schema with given ID or FQN does not exist  |