elasticsearch/docs/reference/ml/df-analytics/apis/delete-dfanalytics.asciidoc

[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[delete-dfanalytics]]
=== Delete {dfanalytics-jobs} API
[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Delete {dfanalytics-jobs}</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing {dfanalytics-job}.

experimental[]


[[ml-delete-dfanalytics-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _ml/data_frame/analytics/<data_frame_analytics_id>`


[[ml-delete-dfanalytics-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* You must have `machine_learning_admin` built-in role to use this API. For more 
information, see <<security-privileges>> and <<built-in-roles>>.


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

`<data_frame_analytics_id>`::
(Required, string)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=job-id-data-frame-analytics]


[[ml-delete-dfanalytics-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example deletes the `loganalytics` {dfanalytics-job}:

[source,console]
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DELETE _ml/data_frame/analytics/loganalytics
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// TEST[skip:TBD]

The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
----