DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id} https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metrics/{metric_id}
Overview Delete a metric. Certified metrics are read-only through this endpoint. The record is soft-deleted and stops appearing in reads. A metric still referenced by an experiment cannot be deleted; detach it from those experiments first.
This endpoint requires the product_analytics_metrics_write permission.
OAuth apps require the product_analytics_metrics_write authorization scope to access this endpoint.
Arguments Path Parameters Response Malformed metric ID (not a valid UUID).
API error response.
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A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.
Non-standard meta-information about the error
References to the source of the error.
A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.
A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.
A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.
Status code of the response.
Short human-readable summary of the error.
{
"errors" : [
{
"detail" : "Missing required attribute in body" ,
"meta" : {},
"source" : {
"header" : "Authorization" ,
"parameter" : "limit" ,
"pointer" : "/data/attributes/title"
},
"status" : "400" ,
"title" : "Bad Request"
}
]
} Missing or invalid authentication.
API error response.
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A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.
Non-standard meta-information about the error
References to the source of the error.
A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.
A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.
A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.
Status code of the response.
Short human-readable summary of the error.
{
"errors" : [
{
"detail" : "Missing required attribute in body" ,
"meta" : {},
"source" : {
"header" : "Authorization" ,
"parameter" : "limit" ,
"pointer" : "/data/attributes/title"
},
"status" : "400" ,
"title" : "Bad Request"
}
]
} Caller lacks product_analytics_metrics_write or edit access to this specific metric.
API error response.
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A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.
Non-standard meta-information about the error
References to the source of the error.
A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.
A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.
A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.
Status code of the response.
Short human-readable summary of the error.
{
"errors" : [
{
"detail" : "Missing required attribute in body" ,
"meta" : {},
"source" : {
"header" : "Authorization" ,
"parameter" : "limit" ,
"pointer" : "/data/attributes/title"
},
"status" : "400" ,
"title" : "Bad Request"
}
]
} No metric with this ID exists for the organization.
API error response.
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A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.
Non-standard meta-information about the error
References to the source of the error.
A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.
A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.
A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.
Status code of the response.
Short human-readable summary of the error.
{
"errors" : [
{
"detail" : "Missing required attribute in body" ,
"meta" : {},
"source" : {
"header" : "Authorization" ,
"parameter" : "limit" ,
"pointer" : "/data/attributes/title"
},
"status" : "400" ,
"title" : "Bad Request"
}
]
} The metric is imported, certified, managed by metric sync, or still referenced by one or more experiments and cannot be deleted.
API error response.
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A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.
Non-standard meta-information about the error
References to the source of the error.
A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.
A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.
A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.
Status code of the response.
Short human-readable summary of the error.
{
"errors" : [
{
"detail" : "Missing required attribute in body" ,
"meta" : {},
"source" : {
"header" : "Authorization" ,
"parameter" : "limit" ,
"pointer" : "/data/attributes/title"
},
"status" : "400" ,
"title" : "Bad Request"
}
]
} Too many requests
{
"errors" : [
"Bad Request"
]
} Code Example Copy
# Path parameters export metric_id = "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" # Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token export DD_BEARER_TOKEN = "<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" # Curl command curl -X DELETE "https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com "https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com "https://api.datadoghq.eu "https://api.ddog-gov.com "https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com "https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com "https://api.datadoghq.com "https://api.us3.datadoghq.com "https://api.us5.datadoghq.com /api/v2/experiments/metrics/${metric_id} " \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN} " 
