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# /delete/graph

```
URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/delete/graph
```

Deletes an existing graph from the graph server and/or persist.

## Input Parameter Description

<ParamField body="graph_name" type="string">
  Name of the graph to be deleted.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="options" type="map of string to strings">
  Optional parameters.

  The default value is an empty map ( \{} ).

  <Expandable title="options">
    <ParamField body="delete_persist">
      If set to *true*, the graph is removed from the server and persist. If set to *false*, the graph is removed from the server but is left in persist. The graph can be reloaded from persist if it is recreated with the same 'graph\_name'.

      The default value is `true`.

      The supported values are:

      * true
      * false
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="server_id">
      Indicates which graph server(s) to send the request to. Default is to send to get information about all the servers.
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

## Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query.  Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

<ResponseField name="status" type="String">
  'OK' or 'ERROR'
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="String">
  Empty if success or an error message
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_type" type="String">
  'delete\_graph\_response' or 'none' in case of an error
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="String">
  Empty string
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_str" type="JSON or String">
  This embedded JSON represents the result of the /delete/graph endpoint:

  <Expandable title="data_str">
    <ResponseField name="result" type="boolean">
      Indicates a successful deletion.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="info" type="map of string to strings">
      Additional information.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>

  Empty string in case of an error.
</ResponseField>