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Delete model snapshots API

Deletes an existing model snapshot.

Request

DELETE _ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/model_snapshots/<snapshot_id>

Description

Important

You cannot delete the active model snapshot. To delete that snapshot, first revert to a different one. To identify the active model snapshot, refer to the model_snapshot_id in the results from the get jobs API.

Path Parameters

job_id (required)
(string) Identifier for the job
snapshot_id (required)
(string) Identifier for the model snapshot

Authorization

You must have manage_ml, or manage cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security Privileges.

Examples

The following example deletes the 1491948163 snapshot:

DELETE _ml/anomaly_detectors/farequote/model_snapshots/1491948163

When the snapshot is deleted, you receive the following results:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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