DELETE /v1/glossaryTerms/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import GlossaryTerms

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

# Soft delete by ID
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")

# Hard delete
GlossaryTerms.delete(
    "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
GlossaryTerms.delete_by_name("BusinessGlossary.Revenue")

# Restore a soft-deleted glossary term
GlossaryTerms.restore("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.GlossaryTerms.*;

// Soft delete
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4").execute();

// Hard delete
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
GlossaryTerms.deleteByName("BusinessGlossary.Revenue").execute();

// Restore
GlossaryTerms.restore("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/name/BusinessGlossary.Revenue" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted glossary term
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4"}'

{
  "id": "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4",
  "name": "Revenue",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary.Revenue",
  "description": "Total income generated from business operations",
  "synonyms": ["Income", "Earnings", "Sales"],
  "glossary": {
    "id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
    "type": "glossary",
    "name": "BusinessGlossary",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary"
  },
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "children": []
}

DELETE

glossaryTerms

{id}

DELETE /v1/glossaryTerms/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import GlossaryTerms

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

# Soft delete by ID
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")

# Hard delete
GlossaryTerms.delete(
    "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
GlossaryTerms.delete_by_name("BusinessGlossary.Revenue")

# Restore a soft-deleted glossary term
GlossaryTerms.restore("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.GlossaryTerms.*;

// Soft delete
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4").execute();

// Hard delete
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
GlossaryTerms.deleteByName("BusinessGlossary.Revenue").execute();

// Restore
GlossaryTerms.restore("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/name/BusinessGlossary.Revenue" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted glossary term
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4"}'

{
  "id": "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4",
  "name": "Revenue",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary.Revenue",
  "description": "Total income generated from business operations",
  "synonyms": ["Income", "Earnings", "Sales"],
  "glossary": {
    "id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
    "type": "glossary",
    "name": "BusinessGlossary",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary"
  },
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "children": []
}

Delete a Glossary Term

Delete a glossary term by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

Delete by ID

string

required

UUID of the glossary term to delete.

recursive

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete child glossary terms.

hardDelete

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the glossary term. If false, the glossary term is soft-deleted and can be restored.

Delete by Name

Use DELETE /v1/glossaryTerms/name/{fqn} to delete by fully qualified name.

fqn

string

required

Fully qualified name of the glossary term (e.g., BusinessGlossary.Revenue).

recursive

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete child glossary terms.

hardDelete

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the glossary term.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary Term

Use PUT /v1/glossaryTerms/restore to restore a soft-deleted glossary term.

string

required

UUID of the soft-deleted glossary term to restore.

DELETE /v1/glossaryTerms/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import GlossaryTerms

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

# Soft delete by ID
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")

# Hard delete
GlossaryTerms.delete(
    "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
GlossaryTerms.delete_by_name("BusinessGlossary.Revenue")

# Restore a soft-deleted glossary term
GlossaryTerms.restore("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.GlossaryTerms.*;

// Soft delete
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4").execute();

// Hard delete
GlossaryTerms.delete("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
GlossaryTerms.deleteByName("BusinessGlossary.Revenue").execute();

// Restore
GlossaryTerms.restore("d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/name/BusinessGlossary.Revenue" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted glossary term
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaryTerms/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4"}'

{
  "id": "d3a50b09-g258-7h57-defg-42g1d5517ed4",
  "name": "Revenue",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary.Revenue",
  "description": "Total income generated from business operations",
  "synonyms": ["Income", "Earnings", "Sales"],
  "glossary": {
    "id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
    "type": "glossary",
    "name": "BusinessGlossary",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary"
  },
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "children": []
}

Returns

Soft delete returns the glossary term object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored glossary term object.

Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
`401`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Invalid or missing authentication token
`403`	`FORBIDDEN`	User lacks permission to delete this glossary term
`404`	`NOT_FOUND`	Glossary term with given ID or FQN does not exist

Create a Glossary Term

List Glossary Terms

API Reference

Data Assets

AI SDK

SDK

Discovery

Lineage

Data Contracts

Teams And Users

Data Governance

Data Quality

Main Concepts

Delete a Glossary Term

Delete a Glossary Term

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary Term

Returns

Error Handling

​Delete a Glossary Term

​Delete by ID

​Delete by Name

​Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary Term

​Returns

​Error Handling

Delete a Glossary Term

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary Term

Returns

Error Handling