---
title: "Changes to delete repository metadata"
method: DELETE
path: "/repositories/{repository}/metadata"
---

# Changes to delete repository metadata

`DELETE /repositories/{repository}/metadata`

> Every recorded change to this endpoint, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 5 of 52 revisions.

- **2026-04-16** `80f829972850` — 1 info
- **2026-04-16** `f8c05f0eb0bb` — 1 breaking
- **2025-11-24** `add5a8870f32` — 1 info
- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 3 info

## Changes

- **2026-04-16** `80f829972850` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-04-16** `f8c05f0eb0bb` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-11-24** `add5a8870f32` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 3 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `429`

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[Operation](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/docs/repositories/:repository/metadata/delete.md) · [API](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [Page](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/metadata/delete)