elasticsearch/x-pack/docs/en/rest-api/ml/delete-calendar.asciidoc

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[[ml-delete-calendar]]
=== Delete Calendar API
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<titleabbrev>Delete Calendar</titleabbrev>
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Deletes a calendar.


==== Request

`DELETE _xpack/ml/calendars/<calendar_id>`


==== Description

This API removes all scheduled events from the calendar then deletes the
calendar.


==== Path Parameters

`calendar_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the calendar.


==== Authorization

You must have `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].


==== Examples

The following example deletes the `planned-outages` calendar:

[source,js]
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DELETE _xpack/ml/calendars/planned-outages
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:calendar_outages]

When the calendar is deleted, you receive the following results:
[source,js]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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//TESTRESPONSE