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# Delete a Storage Service

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

# Delete a Storage Service

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

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

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

## Delete by Name

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

<ParamField path="fqn" type="string" required>
  Fully qualified name of the storage service (e.g., `s3_datalake`).
</ParamField>

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

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

## Restore a Soft-Deleted Storage Service

Use `PUT /v1/services/storageServices/restore` to restore a soft-deleted storage service.

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

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

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

  # Soft delete by ID
  StorageServices.delete("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")

  # Hard delete
  StorageServices.delete(
      "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
      hard_delete=True
  )

  # Delete by name
  StorageServices.delete_by_name("s3_datalake")

  # Delete by name with options
  StorageServices.delete_by_name(
      "s3_datalake",
      hard_delete=True,
      recursive=True
  )

  # Restore a soft-deleted storage service
  StorageServices.restore("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")
  ```

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

  // Soft delete
  StorageServices.delete("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106").execute();

  // Hard delete
  StorageServices.delete("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")
      .hardDelete()
      .execute();

  // Delete by name
  StorageServices.deleteByName("s3_datalake").execute();

  // Restore
  StorageServices.restore("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106");
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/services/storageServices/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete by ID
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/storageServices/d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/storageServices/d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106?hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Delete by name
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/services/storageServices/name/s3_datalake" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Restore soft-deleted storage service
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/services/storageServices/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Soft Delete) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    "name": "s3_datalake",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake",
    "serviceType": "S3",
    "description": "Production S3 data lake for analytics",
    "connection": {
      "config": {
        "type": "S3",
        "awsConfig": {
          "enabled": false,
          "awsAccessKeyId": "AKIA...",
          "awsSecretAccessKey": "*********",
          "awsRegion": "us-east-1",
          "endPointURL": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/"
        }
      }
    },
    "version": 0.2,
    "updatedAt": 1769982621820,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "owners": [],
    "tags": [],
    "deleted": true,
    "domains": []
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

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