DELETE /v1/databases/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases

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

# Soft delete by ID
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

# Hard delete with recursive
Databases.delete(
    "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Databases.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics")

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

# Restore a soft-deleted database
Databases.restore("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.Databases.*;

// Soft delete
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000").execute();

// Hard delete with recursive
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")
    .recursive()
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete with recursive
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721?recursive=true&hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

# Restore soft-deleted database
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721"}'

{
  "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "name": "default",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
  "tags": [],
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982750000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "owners": [],
  "service": {
    "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
    "type": "databaseService",
    "name": "mysql_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
    "displayName": "mysql_sample",
    "deleted": false,
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
  },
  "serviceType": "Mysql",
  "default": false,
  "deleted": true,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

DELETE

databases

{id}

DELETE /v1/databases/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases

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

# Soft delete by ID
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

# Hard delete with recursive
Databases.delete(
    "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Databases.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics")

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

# Restore a soft-deleted database
Databases.restore("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.Databases.*;

// Soft delete
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000").execute();

// Hard delete with recursive
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")
    .recursive()
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete with recursive
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721?recursive=true&hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

# Restore soft-deleted database
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721"}'

{
  "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "name": "default",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
  "tags": [],
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982750000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "owners": [],
  "service": {
    "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
    "type": "databaseService",
    "name": "mysql_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
    "displayName": "mysql_sample",
    "deleted": false,
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
  },
  "serviceType": "Mysql",
  "default": false,
  "deleted": true,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

Delete a Database

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

Delete by ID

string

required

UUID of the database to delete.

recursive

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete child schemas and tables.

hardDelete

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the database. If false, the database is soft-deleted and can be restored.

Delete by Name

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

fqn

string

required

Fully qualified name of the database (e.g., snowflake_prod.analytics).

recursive

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete child schemas and tables.

hardDelete

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the database.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Database

Use PUT /v1/databases/restore to restore a soft-deleted database.

string

required

UUID of the soft-deleted database to restore.

DELETE /v1/databases/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases

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

# Soft delete by ID
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

# Hard delete with recursive
Databases.delete(
    "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Databases.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics")

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

# Restore a soft-deleted database
Databases.restore("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.Databases.*;

// Soft delete
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000").execute();

// Hard delete with recursive
Databases.delete("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")
    .recursive()
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete with recursive
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721?recursive=true&hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

# Restore soft-deleted database
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721"}'

{
  "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "name": "default",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
  "tags": [],
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982750000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "owners": [],
  "service": {
    "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
    "type": "databaseService",
    "name": "mysql_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
    "displayName": "mysql_sample",
    "deleted": false,
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
  },
  "serviceType": "Mysql",
  "default": false,
  "deleted": true,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

Returns

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

Error Handling

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

Create a Database

Import & Export Databases

​Delete a Database

​Delete by ID

​Delete by Name

​Restore a Soft-Deleted Database

​Returns

​Error Handling

Delete a Database

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted Database

Returns

Error Handling