Python SDK
client.data_modeling.data_models.delete(("mySpace", "myDataModel", "v1"))curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "<string>",
"space": "<string>",
"version": "<string>"
}
]
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: '<string>', space: '<string>', version: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete', 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://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => '<string>',
'space' => '<string>',
'version' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\",\n \"version\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\",\n \"version\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\",\n \"version\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "<string>",
"space": "<string>",
"version": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Delete data models
Required capabilities:
dataModelsAcl:WRITE
Delete one or more data models. Currently limited to 100 models at a time. This does not delete the views, nor the containers they reference.
POST
/
models
/
datamodels
/
delete
Python SDK
client.data_modeling.data_models.delete(("mySpace", "myDataModel", "v1"))curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "<string>",
"space": "<string>",
"version": "<string>"
}
]
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: '<string>', space: '<string>', version: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete', 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://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => '<string>',
'space' => '<string>',
'version' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\",\n \"version\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\",\n \"version\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/datamodels/delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\",\n \"version\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "<string>",
"space": "<string>",
"version": "<string>"
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Authorizations
oidc-tokenoauth2-client-credentialsoauth2-open-industrial-dataoauth2-auth-code
Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Body
application/json
List of references to data models you wish to delete
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Items affected by the request
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on July 10, 2026
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