---
title: "Delete repository"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}"
tags: ["Repositories"]
---

# Delete repository

`DELETE /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hub.oxen.ai`
- URL: `https://hub.oxen.ai/api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/oxen/apis/oxen-server/docs/api/repos/:namespace/:repo_name/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Delete a repository. Deletion runs in the background.

## Path parameters

- `namespace` string, required
- `repo_name` string, required

## Response `200`

Repository deletion started

- StatusMessage
  - `oxen_version` string, nullable
  - `status` string, required
  - `status_message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Namespace or repository name is not a single path segment
- `404`: Repository not found

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/oxen/apis/oxen-server.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/oxen/apis/oxen-server/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/oxen/apis/oxen-server/revisions/2ae578129949?raw)