# Delete

The Delete API allows you to remove data from Telemetry. You can delete specific rows based on a condition or remove an entire table. Be cautious when using this API, as deleting data is irreversible.

<mark style="color:green;">**DELETE**</mark> **`https://api.telemetry.sh/delete`**

**Headers**

| Name          | Type   | Description       |
| ------------- | ------ | ----------------- |
| Content-Type  | String | application/json  |
| Authorization | String | \<YOUR\_API\_KEY> |

**Body**

| Name  | Type              | Description                            |
| ----- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| table | String            | The table you want to delete data from |
| where | String (optional) | SQL clause for what rows to delete     |

### Example usage with cURL

To delete all rows older than 3 days from the table named `uber_rides` using cURL, you can use the following command:

```bash
API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
WHERE_CONDITION="timestamp <= (now() - INTERVAL '3 day')"

curl -X DELETE https://api.telemetry.sh/delete \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
  -d @- <<EOF
{
  "table": "uber_rides",
  "where": "$WHERE_CONDITION"
}
EOF
```

If you want to delete the entire `uber_rides` table, simply omit the `where` field:

```bash
API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl -X DELETE https://api.telemetry.sh/delete \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "table": "uber_rides"
  }'
```

#### Important Notes

* **Data Deletion:** Be careful when using the delete endpoint. If the `where` condition is not provided, the entire table will be deleted.
* **Irreversibility:** Once data is deleted, it cannot be recovered.


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