[[delete-connector-api]]
=== Delete connector API
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<titleabbrev>Delete connector</titleabbrev>
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-connector[Connector APIs].
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Soft-deletes a connector and removes associated sync jobs.

Note: this action doesn't delete any API key, ingest pipeline or data index associated with the connector. These need to be removed manually.

To get started with Connector APIs, check out <<es-connectors-tutorial-api, our tutorial>>.


[[delete-connector-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _connector/<connector_id>`

[[delete-connector-api-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* To sync data using self-managed connectors, you need to deploy the <<es-connectors-deploy-connector-service,Elastic connector service>>. on your own infrastructure. This service runs automatically on Elastic Cloud for Elastic managed connectors.
* The `connector_id` parameter should reference an existing connector.

[[delete-connector-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<connector_id>`::
(Required, string)

`delete_sync_jobs`::
(Optional, boolean) A flag indicating if associated sync jobs should be also removed. Defaults to `false`.

[[delete-connector-api-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`400`::
The `connector_id` was not provided.

`404` (Missing resources)::
No connector matching `connector_id` could be found.

[[delete-connector-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example deletes the connector with ID `my-connector`:

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[source, console]
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PUT _connector/my-connector
{
  "name": "My Connector",
  "service_type": "google_drive"
}

PUT _connector/another-connector
{
  "name": "My Connector",
  "service_type": "google_drive"
}
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// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
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DELETE _connector/another-connector?delete_sync_jobs=true
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[source,console-result]
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{
    "acknowledged": true
}
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The following example deletes the connector with ID `another-connector` and its associated sync jobs.