Gremlin Resources - Delete Gremlin Database

Service:

Cosmos DB Resource Provider

API Version:

2026-03-15

Deletes an existing Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin database.

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/{accountName}/gremlinDatabases/{databaseName}?api-version=2026-03-15

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
accountName	path	True	string minLength: 3 maxLength: 50 pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*	Cosmos DB database account name.
databaseName	path	True	string	Cosmos DB database name.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
202 Accepted		Resource operation accepted. Headers Azure-AsyncOperation: string Location: string
204 No Content		There is no content to send for this request, but the headers may be useful.
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

CosmosDBGremlinDatabaseDelete

Sample request

HTTP

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/ddb1/gremlinDatabases/databaseName?api-version=2026-03-15

Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.cosmosdb import CosmosDBManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-cosmosdb
# USAGE
    python cosmos_db_gremlin_database_delete.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = CosmosDBManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
    )

    client.gremlin_resources.begin_delete_gremlin_database(
        resource_group_name="rg1",
        account_name="ddb1",
        database_name="databaseName",
    ).result()


# x-ms-original-file: 2026-03-15/CosmosDBGremlinDatabaseDelete.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

package armcosmos_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/cosmos/armcosmos/v4"
)

// Generated from example definition: 2026-03-15/CosmosDBGremlinDatabaseDelete.json
func ExampleGremlinResourcesClient_BeginDeleteGremlinDatabase() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcosmos.NewClientFactory("00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewGremlinResourcesClient().BeginDeleteGremlinDatabase(ctx, "rg1", "ddb1", "databaseName", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to poll the result: %v", err)
	}
}

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JavaScript

const { CosmosDBManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-cosmosdb");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to deletes an existing Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin database.
 *
 * @summary deletes an existing Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin database.
 * x-ms-original-file: 2026-03-15/CosmosDBGremlinDatabaseDelete.json
 */
async function cosmosDBGremlinDatabaseDelete() {
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const subscriptionId = "00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444";
  const client = new CosmosDBManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  await client.gremlinResources.deleteGremlinDatabase("rg1", "ddb1", "databaseName");
}

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Sample response

Status code:

204

Status code:

202

Location: https://centraluseuap.management.azure.com/subscriptions/d1eb41bc-1b7f-4404-bd2a-8568c222852d/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/centraluseuap/operationsStatus/fdd04b7b-86d5-460f-b19e-386230348bcc?api-version=2026-03-15
Azure-AsyncOperation: https://centraluseuap.management.azure.com/subscriptions/d1eb41bc-1b7f-4404-bd2a-8568c222852d/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/centraluseuap/operationsStatus/fdd04b7b-86d5-460f-b19e-386230348bcc?api-version=2026-03-15

Definitions

ErrorResponse

Object

Error Response.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Error code.
message	string	Error message indicating why the operation failed.