---
title: "Delete search job"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/{org_id}/search_jobs/{job_id}"
tags: ["Search Jobs"]
---

# Delete search job

`DELETE /api/{org_id}/search_jobs/{job_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}/search_jobs/{job_id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/search_jobs/:job_id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Permanently deletes a search job and its associated results from the system. This action first cancels the job if it's still running, then removes all job data including metadata and stored results. Use this to clean up completed jobs and free up storage space. This operation cannot be undone.

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required
- `job_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Search job deleted successfully

- HttpResponse: HTTP response code 200 is success code 400 is error code 404 is not found code 500 is internal server error code 503 is service unavailable code >= 1000 is custom error code message is the message or error message
  - `code` integer, required
  - `error_detail` string, nullable
  - `hint` string, nullable: One-line guidance on how to fix the error (agent self-correction, D4).
  - `id` string, nullable
  - `message` string, required
  - `name` string, nullable
  - `suggestions` string[], nullable: Closest valid alternatives for a mistyped field/function name.
  - `trace_id` string, nullable
  - `warnings` string[], nullable: Problems with a request that succeeded anyway. Distinct from `hint`, which explains a failure: these accompany a 200, and the caller is entitled to have meant it.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found

---

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