Delete a data view

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

DELETE /api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}
DELETE /s/{space_id}/api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Delete a data view by its identifier. WARNING: When you delete a data view, it cannot be recovered.

Authentication

Api key

Authorization: <value>

These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey

Basic

Authorization: Basic <credentials>

Path parameters

Header parameters

Responses

204

Indicates a successful call.

Object is not found.

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

DELETE kbn://api/data_views/data_view/{viewId}

curl Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE "${KIBANA_URL}/api/data_views/data_view/${DATA_VIEW_ID}" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true"

Response

The requested data view or runtime field was not found in the current Kibana space.

{
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Saved object [index-pattern/caaad6d0-920c-11ed-b36a-874bd1548a00] not found",
  "statusCode": 404
}