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# Delete a Pipeline Service

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

# Delete a Pipeline Service

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

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

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

## Delete by Name

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

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

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

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

## Restore a Soft-Deleted Pipeline Service

Use `PUT /v1/services/pipelineServices/restore` to restore a soft-deleted pipeline service.

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

<RequestExample dropdown>
  ```python DELETE /v1/services/pipelineServices/{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/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
      headers=headers
  )

  # Hard delete with recursive
  requests.delete(
      f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5?hardDelete=true&recursive=true",
      headers=headers
  )

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

  # Restore a soft-deleted pipeline service
  requests.put(
      f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/restore",
      json={"id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5"},
      headers={**headers, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
  )
  ```

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

  // Soft delete
  PipelineServices.delete("daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5").execute();

  // Hard delete
  PipelineServices.delete("daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5")
      .hardDelete()
      .recursive()
      .execute();

  // Delete by name
  PipelineServices.deleteByName("sample_airflow").execute();

  // Restore
  PipelineServices.restore("daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5");
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/services/pipelineServices/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete by ID
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete with recursive
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5?hardDelete=true&recursive=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

  # Restore soft-deleted pipeline service
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/services/pipelineServices/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Soft Delete) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    "name": "sample_airflow",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow",
    "serviceType": "Airflow",
    "version": 0.2,
    "updatedAt": 1769982621418,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "deleted": true,
    "owners": [],
    "tags": [],
    "domains": []
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

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