[role="xpack"]
[[delete-analytics-collection]]
=== Delete Analytics Collection

beta::[]

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<titleabbrev>Delete Analytics Collection</titleabbrev>
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[source,console]
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PUT _application/analytics/my_analytics_collection
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// TESTSETUP

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Removes a <<behavioral-analytics-overview,Behavioral Analytics>> Collection and its associated data stream.

[[delete-analytics-collection-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _application/analytics/<name>`

[[delete-analytics-collection-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

Requires the `manage_behavioral_analytics` cluster privilege.

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

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

[[delete-analytics-collection-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

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

`404` (Missing resources)::
No Analytics Collection matching `name` could be found.

[[delete-analytics-collection-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example deletes the Analytics Collection named `my_analytics_collection`:

[source,console]
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DELETE _application/analytics/my_analytics_collection/
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