[[delete-connector-api]]
=== Delete connector API
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<titleabbrev>Delete connector</titleabbrev>
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Removes a connector and associated sync jobs.
This is a destructive action that is not recoverable.

Note: this action doesn't delete any API key, ingest pipeline or data index associated with the connector. These need to be removed manually.

[[delete-connector-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _connector/<connector_id>`

[[delete-connector-api-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* To sync data using self-managed connectors, you need to deploy the {enterprise-search-ref}/build-connector.html[Elastic connector service] on your own infrastructure. This service runs automatically on Elastic Cloud for native connectors.
* The `connector_id` parameter should reference an existing connector.

[[delete-connector-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<connector_id>`::
(Required, string)

[[delete-connector-api-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`400`::
The `connector_id` was not provided.

`404` (Missing resources)::
No connector matching `connector_id` could be found.

[[delete-connector-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example deletes the connector with ID `my-connector`:

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[source, console]
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PUT _connector/my-connector
{
  "index_name": "search-google-drive",
  "name": "My Connector",
  "service_type": "google_drive"
}
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// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
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DELETE _connector/my-connector
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[source,console-result]
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{
    "acknowledged": true
}
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