Metadata
Delete Metadata Field
Permanently delete a custom metadata field. Documents using this field will lose their metadata values for it.
DELETE
/
datasets
/
{dataset_id}
/
metadata
/
{metadata_id}
Delete Metadata Field
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyAuthorizations
API Key authentication. For all API requests, include your API Key in the Authorization HTTP Header, prefixed with Bearer. Example: Authorization: Bearer {API_KEY}. Strongly recommend storing your API Key on the server-side, not shared or stored on the client-side, to avoid possible API-Key leakage that can lead to serious consequences. Requests with a missing or invalid API key fail with HTTP 401 and error code unauthorized.
Path Parameters
Knowledge base ID.
Metadata field ID.
Response
Success.
Last modified on July 9, 2026
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Delete Metadata Field
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{api_base_url}/datasets/{dataset_id}/metadata/{metadata_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body