Delete a saved object

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

DELETE /api/saved_objects/{type}/{id}
DELETE /s/{space_id}/api/saved_objects/{type}/{id}

Auth Deprecated

Warning

This API is deprecated. This is a legacy Saved Objects API and may be removed in a future version of Kibana.

Deletes a single Kibana saved object by type and ID.

There is currently no complete replacement for deleting arbitrary saved objects via an HTTP API.

Path parameters

space_id string optional: An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used. Refer to Spaces for more information.
type string · max length: 256 required: The saved object type.
id string · max length: 512 required: The saved object identifier.

Query parameters

force boolean: When true, force deletion of multi-namespace objects from all namespaces.

Header parameters

kbn-xsrf string required: A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Responses

200

A successful delete response.

application/json

404

Not found.

application/json

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

DELETE kbn://api/saved_objects/dashboard/example-dashboard-1?force=false

curl Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE "${KIBANA_URL}/api/saved_objects/dashboard/example-dashboard-1?force=false" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true"

Response

{}

{
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Saved object [dashboard/does-not-exist] not found",
  "statusCode": 404
}