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

# Delete a Data Contract

> Delete or restore a data contract

# Delete a Data Contract

Delete a data contract by ID or fully qualified name. Supports both soft delete and permanent (hard) delete.

## Delete by ID

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the data contract.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="hardDelete" type="boolean" default="false">
  Set to `true` to permanently delete the contract. Soft-deleted contracts can be restored.
</ParamField>

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

## Delete by FQN

Use `DELETE /v1/dataContracts/name/{fqn}` with the same query parameters.

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

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

  # Soft delete
  DataContracts.delete("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789")

  # Hard delete (permanent)
  DataContracts.delete("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789", hard_delete=True)

  # Restore a soft-deleted contract
  DataContracts.restore("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789")
  ```

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

  // Soft delete
  find(contractId).delete().confirm();

  // Hard delete (permanent)
  find(contractId).delete().permanently().confirm();
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/dataContracts/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789?hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Delete by FQN
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/name/sales-orders-contract?hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Restore soft-deleted contract
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

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## Restore

Use `PUT /v1/dataContracts/restore` with a JSON body containing the `id` of the soft-deleted contract to restore it.

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## Error Handling

| Code  | Error Type     | Description                                    |
| ----- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `401` | `UNAUTHORIZED` | Invalid or missing authentication token        |
| `403` | `FORBIDDEN`    | User lacks permission to delete data contracts |
| `404` | `NOT_FOUND`    | Data contract not found                        |