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# Delete a Test Suite

> Delete a test suite by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

# Delete a Test Suite

Delete a test suite 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 test suite to delete.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="recursive" type="boolean" default="false">
  Recursively delete child entities (test cases within the suite).
</ParamField>

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

## Delete by Name

Use `DELETE /v1/dataQuality/testSuites/name/{fqn}` to delete by fully qualified name.

<ParamField path="fqn" type="string" required>
  Fully qualified name of the test suite.
</ParamField>

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

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

## Restore a Soft-Deleted Test Suite

Use `PUT /v1/dataQuality/testSuites/restore` to restore a soft-deleted test suite.

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

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

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

  # Soft delete by ID
  TestSuites.delete("e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572")

  # Hard delete
  TestSuites.delete(
      "e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572",
      hard_delete=True
  )

  # Delete by name
  TestSuites.delete_by_name("b5fcae09-02c2-4c0b-8c4a-5b52d650e592")

  # Restore a soft-deleted test suite
  TestSuites.restore("e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572")
  ```

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

  // Soft delete
  TestSuites.delete("e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572").execute();

  // Hard delete
  TestSuites.delete("e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572")
      .hardDelete()
      .execute();

  // Restore
  TestSuites.restore("e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572");
  ```

  ```bash DELETE /v1/dataQuality/testSuites/{id} theme={null}
  # Soft delete by ID
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataQuality/testSuites/e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Hard delete
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataQuality/testSuites/e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572?hardDelete=true" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Delete by name
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataQuality/testSuites/name/b5fcae09-02c2-4c0b-8c4a-5b52d650e592" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Restore soft-deleted test suite
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/dataQuality/testSuites/restore" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"id": "e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Soft Delete) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "e86a9a11-852f-4bac-b5a7-993b2bbbb572",
    "name": "b5fcae09-02c2-4c0b-8c4a-5b52d650e592",
    "displayName": "Data Contract - dim_address_comprehensive_contract",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "b5fcae09-02c2-4c0b-8c4a-5b52d650e592",
    "version": 0.2,
    "updatedAt": 1769982800000,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "deleted": true,
    "owners": [],
    "executable": true
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

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