---
title: "Delete a branch"
method: POST
path: "/v1/table/{id}/branches/delete"
tags: ["Table", "Branch", "Metadata"]
---

# Delete a branch

`POST /v1/table/{id}/branches/delete`

Delete an existing branch from table `id`.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `delimiter` string

## Request body

- DeleteTableBranchRequest
  - `identity` Identity — Identity information of a request.
    - `api_key` string — API key for authentication. REST NAMESPACE ONLY This is passed via the `x-api-key` header.
    - `auth_token` string — Bearer token for authentication. REST NAMESPACE ONLY This is passed via the `Authorization` header with the Bearer scheme (e.g., `Bearer <token>`).
  - `context` unknown
  - `id` string[]
  - `name` string, required — Name of the branch to delete

## Response `200`

Delete branch response

- DeleteTableBranchResponse — Response for delete branch operation
  - `context` unknown
  - `transaction_id` string — Optional transaction identifier

## Other responses

- `400` — Indicates a bad request error. It could be caused by an unexpected request body format or other forms of request validation failure, such as invalid json. Usually serves application/json content, although in some cases simple text/plain content might be returned by the server's middleware.
- `401` — Unauthorized. The request lacks valid authentication credentials for the operation.
- `403` — Forbidden. Authenticated user does not have the necessary permissions.
- `404` — A server-side problem that means can not find the specified resource.
- `503` — The service is not ready to handle the request. The client should wait and retry. The service may additionally send a Retry-After header to indicate when to retry.
- `5XX` — A server-side problem that might not be addressable from the client side. Used for server 5xx errors without more specific documentation in individual routes.

## Changes

> 54 revisions in range; 20 could not be searched.

- **2025-07-21** `6790486d1fac` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/lance-format/apis/lance-namespace-specification/changes/v1/table/:id/branches/delete/post.md)

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