---
title: "Cannot destroy assay metadata definition required in assay model"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/grit/assays/assay_metadata_definitions/{id}"
tags: ["Assays - Assay Metadata Definitions"]
---

# Cannot destroy assay metadata definition required in assay model

`DELETE /api/grit/assays/assay_metadata_definitions/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `/` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/api/grit/assays/assay_metadata_definitions/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/grit42/apis/grit-assays-api/docs/api/grit/assays/assay_metadata_definitions/:id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Other responses

- `500`: cannot destroy when in use

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/grit42/apis/grit-assays-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/grit42/apis/grit-assays-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/grit42/apis/grit-assays-api/revisions/a08b5b2b48b9?raw)