Delete a Team

Delete a team by ID, with soft/hard delete options

DELETE /v1/teams/{id}

DELETE /v1/teams/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Teams

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Teams.delete("449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a")

# Hard delete
Teams.delete(
    "449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Teams.delete_by_name("Accounting")

# Delete by name with options
Teams.delete_by_name(
    "Accounting",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted team
Teams.restore("449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a",
  "teamType": "Group",
  "name": "Accounting",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Accounting",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982623753,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "parents": [
    {
      "id": "4f87a3ea-d798-4509-8c64-5b11f8a96f89",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Finance",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Finance"
    }
  ],
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "domains": [],
  "children": [],
  "policies": []
}

Delete a Team

Delete a team by ID. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the team to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the team. If false, the team is soft-deleted and can be restored.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Team

Use PUT /v1/teams/restore to restore a soft-deleted team.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted team to restore.

DELETE /v1/teams/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Teams

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Teams.delete("449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a")

# Hard delete
Teams.delete(
    "449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Teams.delete_by_name("Accounting")

# Delete by name with options
Teams.delete_by_name(
    "Accounting",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted team
Teams.restore("449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a",
  "teamType": "Group",
  "name": "Accounting",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Accounting",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982623753,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "parents": [
    {
      "id": "4f87a3ea-d798-4509-8c64-5b11f8a96f89",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Finance",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Finance"
    }
  ],
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "domains": [],
  "children": [],
  "policies": []
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the team object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored team object.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to delete this team
404	NOT_FOUND	Team with given ID does not exist