---
title: "Delete a Kafka topic"
method: DELETE
path: "/project/{project}/service/{service_name}/topic/{topic_name}"
tags: ["Service:_Kafka"]
---

# Delete a Kafka topic

`DELETE /project/{project}/service/{service_name}/topic/{topic_name}`

## Path parameters

- `project` string, required
- `service_name` string, required
- `topic_name` string, required

## Response `200`

Response

- ServiceKafkaTopicDeleteResponse — ServiceKafkaTopicDeleteResponse
  - `errors` object[] — List of errors occurred during request processing
    - `message` string, required — Printable error message
    - `more_info` string — URL to the documentation of the error
    - `status` integer, required — HTTP error status code
  - `message` string — Printable result of the request

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — Request conflict
- `503` — The server cannot process the request due to a high load

---

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