DELETE /v1/classifications/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Classifications

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

# Soft delete by ID
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")

# Hard delete
Classifications.delete(
    "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Classifications.delete_by_name("Certification")

# Restore a soft-deleted classification
Classifications.restore("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")

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

// Soft delete
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94").execute();

// Hard delete
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
Classifications.deleteByName("Certification").execute();

// Restore
Classifications.restore("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

# Restore soft-deleted classification
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94"}'

{
  "id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
  "name": "Certification",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification",
  "description": "Certifying Data Asset will provide the users with a clear idea of...",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982619610,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "provider": "system",
  "mutuallyExclusive": true
}

DELETE

classifications

{id}

DELETE /v1/classifications/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Classifications

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

# Soft delete by ID
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")

# Hard delete
Classifications.delete(
    "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Classifications.delete_by_name("Certification")

# Restore a soft-deleted classification
Classifications.restore("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")

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

// Soft delete
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94").execute();

// Hard delete
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
Classifications.deleteByName("Certification").execute();

// Restore
Classifications.restore("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

# Restore soft-deleted classification
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94"}'

{
  "id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
  "name": "Certification",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification",
  "description": "Certifying Data Asset will provide the users with a clear idea of...",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982619610,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "provider": "system",
  "mutuallyExclusive": true
}

Delete a Classification

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

Delete by ID

string

required

UUID of the classification to delete.

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete all tags within this classification.

boolean

default:"false"

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

Delete by Name

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

string

required

Fully qualified name of the classification (e.g., Certification).

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete all tags.

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the classification.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Classification

Use PUT /v1/classifications/restore to restore a soft-deleted classification.

string

required

UUID of the soft-deleted classification to restore.

DELETE /v1/classifications/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Classifications

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

# Soft delete by ID
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")

# Hard delete
Classifications.delete(
    "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Classifications.delete_by_name("Certification")

# Restore a soft-deleted classification
Classifications.restore("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")

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

// Soft delete
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94").execute();

// Hard delete
Classifications.delete("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
Classifications.deleteByName("Certification").execute();

// Restore
Classifications.restore("06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

# Restore soft-deleted classification
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/classifications/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94"}'

{
  "id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
  "name": "Certification",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification",
  "description": "Certifying Data Asset will provide the users with a clear idea of...",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982619610,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "provider": "system",
  "mutuallyExclusive": true
}

Returns

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

Error Handling

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

Create a Classification

List Classifications

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Main Concepts

Delete a Classification

Delete a Classification

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted Classification

Returns

Error Handling

​Delete a Classification

​Delete by ID

​Delete by Name

​Restore a Soft-Deleted Classification

​Returns

​Error Handling

Delete a Classification

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted Classification

Returns

Error Handling