> ## Documentation Index
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# Delete a Messaging Service

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

# Delete a Messaging Service

Delete a messaging 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 messaging service to delete.
</ParamField>

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

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

## Delete by Name

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

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

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

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

## Restore a Soft-Deleted Messaging Service

Use `PUT /v1/services/messagingServices/restore` to restore a soft-deleted messaging service.

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

<RequestExample dropdown>
  ```python DELETE /v1/services/messagingServices/{id} theme={null}
  import requests

  base_url = "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api"
  headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"}

  # Soft delete by ID
  requests.delete(
      f"{base_url}/v1/services/messagingServices/469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30",
      headers=headers
  )

  # Hard delete with recursive (deletes all topics)
  requests.delete(
      f"{base_url}/v1/services/messagingServices/469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30",
      params={"recursive": True, "hardDelete": True},
      headers=headers
  )

  # Delete by name
  requests.delete(
      f"{base_url}/v1/services/messagingServices/name/sample_kafka",
      headers=headers
  )

  # Restore a soft-deleted messaging service
  requests.put(
      f"{base_url}/v1/services/messagingServices/restore",
      json={"id": "469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30"},
      headers={**headers, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
  )
  ```

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

  // Soft delete
  MessagingServices.delete("469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30").execute();

  // Hard delete with recursive
  MessagingServices.delete("469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30")
      .recursive()
      .hardDelete()
      .execute();
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/services/messagingServices/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete by ID
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/messagingServices/469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete with recursive (deletes all topics)
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/messagingServices/469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30?recursive=true&hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Delete by name
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/messagingServices/name/sample_kafka?recursive=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Restore soft-deleted messaging service
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/services/messagingServices/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Soft Delete) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30",
    "name": "sample_kafka",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_kafka",
    "serviceType": "Kafka",
    "connection": {
      "config": {
        "type": "Kafka",
        "bootstrapServers": "localhost:9092",
        "securityProtocol": "PLAINTEXT",
        "saslMechanism": "PLAIN",
        "supportsMetadataExtraction": true
      }
    },
    "version": 0.2,
    "updatedAt": 1769982750000,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/messagingServices/469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30",
    "owners": [],
    "tags": [],
    "deleted": true,
    "domains": []
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

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