Delete a Domain

Delete a domain by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

DELETE /v1/domains/{id}

DELETE /v1/domains/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Domains

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

# Soft delete by ID
Domains.delete("a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1")

# Hard delete
Domains.delete(
    "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Domains.delete_by_name("TestDomain")

# Delete by name with options
Domains.delete_by_name(
    "TestDomain",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted domain
Domains.restore("a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "domainType": "Aggregate",
  "name": "TestDomain",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "TestDomain",
  "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "children": []
}

Delete a Domain

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the domain to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child domains.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the domain (e.g., TestDomain).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child domains.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the domain.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Domain

Use PUT /v1/domains/restore to restore a soft-deleted domain.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted domain to restore.

DELETE /v1/domains/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Domains

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

# Soft delete by ID
Domains.delete("a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1")

# Hard delete
Domains.delete(
    "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Domains.delete_by_name("TestDomain")

# Delete by name with options
Domains.delete_by_name(
    "TestDomain",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted domain
Domains.restore("a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "domainType": "Aggregate",
  "name": "TestDomain",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "TestDomain",
  "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "children": []
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the domain object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored domain 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 domain
404	NOT_FOUND	Domain with given ID or FQN does not exist