Delete Data Source (Azure AI Search REST API)

Important

This API reference is for a legacy version. See Data plane REST operations for updated reference documentation. Use the filter on the top left to select a version.

The Delete Data Source operation removes a data source from your Azure AI Search service.

DELETE https://[service name].search.windows.net/datasources/[datasource name]?api-version=[api-version]  
  Content-Type: application/json  
  api-key: [admin key]   

If any indexers reference the data source that you're deleting, the delete operation will still proceed. However, those indexers will transition into an error state upon their next run.

URI Parameters

Parameter Description
service name Required. Set this to the unique, user-defined name of your search service.
datasource name Required. The request URI specifies the name of the data source to delete.
api-version Required. The current stable version is api-version=2020-06-30. See API versions for more versions.

Request Headers

The following table describes the required and optional request headers.

Fields Description
Content-Type Required. Set this to application/json
api-key Optional if you're using Azure roles and a bearer token is provided on the request, otherwise a key is required. An api-key is a unique, system-generated string that authenticates the request to your search service. Delete requests must include an api-key header set to your admin key (as opposed to a query key). See Connect to Azure AI Search using key authentication for details.

Request Body

None.

Response

Status Code: 204 No Content is returned for a successful response.

See also