---
title: stack kb security-entity-analytics-api delete-entity-engines cli command
description: Delete Entity Engines Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/cli/pull/457/cli/stack/kb/security-entity-analytics-api/delete-entity-engines
---

# stack kb security-entity-analytics-api delete-entity-engines cli command
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```bash
elastic stack kb security-entity-analytics-api delete-entity-engines [options]
```

Delete Entity Engines
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--entity-types string">
    The entity type of the engine ('user', 'host', 'service', 'generic').
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]delete-data">
    Control flag to also delete the entity data.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>