Delete a Table

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

DELETE /v1/tables/{id}

DELETE /v1/tables/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tables

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

# Soft delete by ID
Tables.delete("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

# Hard delete
Tables.delete(
    "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Tables.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics.public.customers")

# Restore a soft-deleted table
Tables.restore("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "455e3d9d-dbbf-455e-b3be-7191daa825f3",
  "name": "agent_performance_summary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_data.ecommerce_db.shopify.agent_performance_summary",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982700000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "tableType": "Regular",
  "serviceType": "BigQuery",
  "deleted": true
}

Delete a Table

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the table to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the table (e.g., snowflake_prod.analytics.public.customers).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the table.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Table

Use PUT /v1/tables/restore to restore a soft-deleted table.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted table to restore.

DELETE /v1/tables/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tables

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

# Soft delete by ID
Tables.delete("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

# Hard delete
Tables.delete(
    "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Tables.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics.public.customers")

# Restore a soft-deleted table
Tables.restore("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "455e3d9d-dbbf-455e-b3be-7191daa825f3",
  "name": "agent_performance_summary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_data.ecommerce_db.shopify.agent_performance_summary",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982700000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "tableType": "Regular",
  "serviceType": "BigQuery",
  "deleted": true
}

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Returns

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