Delete a Search Index

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

DELETE /v1/searchIndexes/{id}

DELETE /v1/searchIndexes/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import SearchIndexes

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

# Soft delete by ID
SearchIndexes.delete("f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18")

# Hard delete
SearchIndexes.delete(
    "f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
SearchIndexes.delete_by_name("elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index")

# Delete by name with options
SearchIndexes.delete_by_name(
    "elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted search index
SearchIndexes.restore("f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18",
  "name": "table_search_index",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index",
  "displayName": "TableSearchIndex",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982670810,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "search-service-id",
    "type": "searchService",
    "name": "elasticsearch_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "elasticsearch_sample"
  },
  "serviceType": "ElasticSearch",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

Delete a Search Index

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the search index to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the search index (e.g., elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the search index.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Search Index

Use PUT /v1/searchIndexes/restore to restore a soft-deleted search index.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted search index to restore.

DELETE /v1/searchIndexes/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import SearchIndexes

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

# Soft delete by ID
SearchIndexes.delete("f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18")

# Hard delete
SearchIndexes.delete(
    "f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
SearchIndexes.delete_by_name("elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index")

# Delete by name with options
SearchIndexes.delete_by_name(
    "elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted search index
SearchIndexes.restore("f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "f5b0fa81-f241-4508-9219-dae31dcced18",
  "name": "table_search_index",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "elasticsearch_sample.table_search_index",
  "displayName": "TableSearchIndex",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982670810,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "search-service-id",
    "type": "searchService",
    "name": "elasticsearch_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "elasticsearch_sample"
  },
  "serviceType": "ElasticSearch",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

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