---
title: "Delete an Experiment early and start its asynchronous cleanup."
method: DELETE
path: "/api/{org_id}/experiments/{experiment_id}"
tags: ["Experiments"]
---

# Delete an Experiment early and start its asynchronous cleanup.

`DELETE /api/{org_id}/experiments/{experiment_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/experiments/{experiment_id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/experiments/:experiment_id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required
- `experiment_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Experiment marked unavailable; cleanup started

## Other responses

- `403`: Experiment is not accessible
- `404`: Experiment not found
- `409`: Experiment lifecycle changed concurrently

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/revisions/0529b8a10252?raw)