Delete a Pipeline

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

DELETE /v1/pipelines/{id}

DELETE /v1/pipelines/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Pipelines

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

# Soft delete by ID
Pipelines.delete("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")

# Hard delete
Pipelines.delete(
    "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Pipelines.delete_by_name("sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers")

# Delete by name with options
Pipelines.delete_by_name(
    "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted pipeline
Pipelines.restore("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
  "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982668397,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    "type": "pipelineService",
    "name": "sample_airflow",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow"
  },
  "serviceType": "DBTCloud",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

Delete a Pipeline

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the pipeline to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the pipeline (e.g., sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the pipeline.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Pipeline

Use PUT /v1/pipelines/restore to restore a soft-deleted pipeline.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted pipeline to restore.

DELETE /v1/pipelines/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Pipelines

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

# Soft delete by ID
Pipelines.delete("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")

# Hard delete
Pipelines.delete(
    "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Pipelines.delete_by_name("sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers")

# Delete by name with options
Pipelines.delete_by_name(
    "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted pipeline
Pipelines.restore("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
  "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982668397,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    "type": "pipelineService",
    "name": "sample_airflow",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow"
  },
  "serviceType": "DBTCloud",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

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