--- title: Delete experiment description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Experiments --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt). {% callout %} # Important note for users on the following Datadog sites: app.ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com {% alert level="danger" %} This product is not supported for your selected [Datadog site](https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/site.md). ({% placeholder "user-datadog-site-name" /%}). {% /alert %} {% /callout %} # Delete experiment{% #delete-experiment %} {% tab title="v2" %} | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ap1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | ap2.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | app.datadoghq.eu | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | app.ddog-gov.com | DELETE https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | us2.ddog-gov.com | DELETE https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | uk1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | app.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | us3.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | | us5.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/{experiment_id} | ### Overview Delete an experiment and its linked feature flag allocations in one database transaction. After deletion, the experiment is no longer returned by the API. If the transaction fails, neither the experiment nor its allocations are deleted. Deleting an experiment cannot be undone. This endpoint requires the `product_analytics_experiments_write` permission. OAuth apps require the `product_analytics_experiments_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#experiments) to access this endpoint. ### Arguments #### Path Parameters | Name | Type | Description | | ------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------- | | experiment_id [*required*] | string | The UUID of the experiment. | ### Response {% tab title="204" %} The experiment was deleted. {% /tab %} {% tab title="400" %} Malformed experiment ID (not a valid UUID). {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="401" %} Missing or invalid authentication (dd-api-key + dd-application-key headers, or a valid user session). {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="403" %} Authenticated caller lacks the product_analytics_experiments_write permission, lacks permission to edit this experiment, or lacks contribute permission on a feature flag owning one of its allocations. {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="404" %} No experiment with this ID exists for the organization. {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="409" %} The experiment has a published allocation on an archived flag, must be retained for selective holdout analysis, or its linked allocations changed during authorization. Nothing was deleted. {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \# Path parameters export experiment_id="550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" \# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" \# Curl command curl -X DELETE "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/${experiment_id}" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" ##### ```python """ Delete experiment returns "The experiment was deleted." response """ from os import environ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.experiments_api import ExperimentsApi from uuid import UUID configuration = Configuration() configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"] with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = ExperimentsApi(api_client) api_instance.delete_experiment( experiment_id=UUID("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"), ) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" python3 "example.py" ##### ```ruby # Delete experiment returns "The experiment was deleted." response require "datadog_api_client" DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config| config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"] end api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::ExperimentsAPI.new api_instance.delete_experiment("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000") ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" rb "example.rb" ##### ```go // Delete experiment returns "The experiment was deleted." response package main import ( "context" "fmt" "os" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2" "github.com/google/uuid" ) func main() { ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN")) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewExperimentsApi(apiClient) r, err := api.DeleteExperiment(ctx, uuid.MustParse("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `ExperimentsApi.DeleteExperiment`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" go run "main.go" ##### ```java // Delete experiment returns "The experiment was deleted." response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.ExperimentsApi; import java.util.UUID; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN")); ExperimentsApi apiInstance = new ExperimentsApi(defaultClient); try { apiInstance.deleteExperiment(UUID.fromString("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling ExperimentsApi#deleteExperiment"); System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode()); System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody()); System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders()); e.printStackTrace(); } } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" java "Example.java" ##### ```rust // Delete experiment returns "The experiment was deleted." response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_experiments::ExperimentsAPI; use uuid::Uuid; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); let api = ExperimentsAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api .delete_experiment( Uuid::parse_str("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000").expect("invalid UUID"), ) .await; if let Ok(value) = resp { println!("{:#?}", value); } else { println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err()); } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run {% /tab %}