[[index-patterns-runtime-field-api-delete]]
=== Delete runtime field API
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<titleabbrev>Delete runtime field</titleabbrev>
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deprecated::[8.0.0,Use <<data-views-runtime-field-api-delete>> instead.]

experimental[] Delete a runtime field from an index pattern.

[[index-patterns-runtime-field-api-delete-request]]
==== Request

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<index_pattern_id>/runtime_field/<name>`

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<index_pattern_id>/runtime_field/<name>`

[[index-patterns-runtime-field-api-delete-path-params]]
==== Path parameters

`space_id`::
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If `space_id` is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.

`index_pattern_id`::
(Required, string) The ID of the index pattern your want to delete a runtime field from.

`name`::
(Required, string) The name of the runtime field you want to delete.


==== Example

Delete a runtime field from an index pattern:

[source,sh]
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$ curl -X DELETE api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<my-pattern>/runtime_field/<runtime-field-name>
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