---
title: "Start deletion of web crawl data source"
method: DELETE
path: "/crawls/{id}"
tags: ["crawls"]
---

# Start deletion of web crawl data source

`DELETE /crawls/{id}`

Initiates an asynchronous deletion job for the specified web crawl data source. The response indicates that the deletion job has been accepted, not that the deletion is complete.

Required scope: \`ingestion:manage\`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successfully deleted web crawl data source

- Crawl
  - `id` string, required — Web crawl data source ID
  - `ingestion_setting_id` string — Web crawl ingestion setting ID
  - `name` string, required — Name of the web crawl ingestion setting
  - `start_url` string, required — Start URL of the web crawl
  - `creation_time` integer — Creation time (Unix timestamp in seconds)
  - `status` 'unknown' | 'queued' | 'not_started' | 'managed' | 'starting' | 'started' | 'success' | 'failure' | 'canceling' | 'canceled' | 'deleting' | 'delete_job_failure', required — Job status
  - `start_time` integer — Job start time (Unix timestamp in seconds)
  - `end_time` integer — Job end time (Unix timestamp in seconds)
  - `error` JobError, nullable
    - `title` string — Error title
    - `message` string — Error message
  - `metadata` Metadata
    - `records` MetadataRecord[] — List of metadata records. A patch may contain up to 40 items; the merged result is capped at 20.
      - `key` string, required — Metadata key (max 20 characters)
      - `val` unknown, required
      - `type` 'string' | 'integer' | 'float' | 'date' | 'datetime' — Data type of the metadata value

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

> 71 revisions in range; 18 not diffed.

- **2026-04-02** `8bc99b31eabf` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `metadata` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-03-25** `7a3a2c03d678` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/qlonolink/apis/qaip-apis/changes/crawls/:id/delete.md)

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