---
title: "Delete a Playwright executor"
method: DELETE
path: "/playwright/executors/{name}"
---

# Delete a Playwright executor

`DELETE /playwright/executors/{name}`

Stops the executor's process. A call running on it fails with an error saying the
executor was deleted. By default the executor's tab is closed too. The name can be
reused; the next call with it creates a new executor and tab.

The default executor is restarted instead of removed: its process is stopped, a call
running on it fails with an error saying the executor was restarted, and queued and later
calls run on a new process. It owns no tab, so 'close_tab' has no effect on it.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required — Name of a Playwright executor. Calls with the same name run in the same executor; the first call with a new name creates it. 'default' names the executor that runs calls without a name.

## Query parameters

- `close_tab` boolean

## Response `204`

Executor deleted

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-05** `6d916019dfee` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kernel/apis/kernel-images-api/changes/playwright/executors/:name/delete.md)

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