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DELETE
https://sandbox.getcollate.io/api
/
v1
/
tables
/
{id}
DELETE /v1/tables/{id}
from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tables

configure(
    host="https://your-company.getcollate.io/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Tables.delete("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

# Hard delete
Tables.delete(
    "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Tables.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics.public.customers")

# Restore a soft-deleted table
Tables.restore("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

{
  "id": "455e3d9d-dbbf-455e-b3be-7191daa825f3",
  "name": "agent_performance_summary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_data.ecommerce_db.shopify.agent_performance_summary",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982700000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "tableType": "Regular",
  "serviceType": "BigQuery",
  "deleted": true
}

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Delete a Table

Delete a table by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

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Delete by ID

​
id
string
required
UUID of the table to delete.
​
recursive
boolean
default:"false"
Recursively delete child entities.
​
hardDelete
boolean
default:"false"
Permanently delete the table. If false, the table is soft-deleted and can be restored.

​
Delete by Name

Use DELETE /v1/tables/name/{fqn} to delete by fully qualified name.
​
fqn
string
required
Fully qualified name of the table (e.g., snowflake_prod.analytics.public.customers).
​
recursive
boolean
default:"false"
Recursively delete child entities.
​
hardDelete
boolean
default:"false"
Permanently delete the table.

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Restore a Soft-Deleted Table

Use PUT /v1/tables/restore to restore a soft-deleted table.
​
id
string
required
UUID of the soft-deleted table to restore.
DELETE /v1/tables/{id}
from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tables

configure(
    host="https://your-company.getcollate.io/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Tables.delete("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

# Hard delete
Tables.delete(
    "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    recursive=True,
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Tables.delete_by_name("snowflake_prod.analytics.public.customers")

# Restore a soft-deleted table
Tables.restore("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")

{
  "id": "455e3d9d-dbbf-455e-b3be-7191daa825f3",
  "name": "agent_performance_summary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_data.ecommerce_db.shopify.agent_performance_summary",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982700000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "tableType": "Regular",
  "serviceType": "BigQuery",
  "deleted": true
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the table object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored table object.

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Error Handling

CodeError TypeDescription
401UNAUTHORIZEDInvalid or missing authentication token
403FORBIDDENUser lacks permission to delete this table
404NOT_FOUNDTable with given ID or FQN does not exist