---
title: "Delete Dataset"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/datasets/{name}"
tags: ["datasets"]
---

# Delete Dataset

`DELETE /v1/datasets/{name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pioneer.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.pioneer.ai/v1/datasets/{name}`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api/docs/v1/datasets/:name/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Soft-delete a dataset and all its versions.

Args:
    name: Dataset name. Legacy UUID lookups are still accepted and routed
        through the by-ID path for backwards compatibility.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-24** `0e5e86e2bae5`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api/changes/v1/datasets/:name/delete.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api/revisions/0e5e86e2bae5?raw)