---
title: "DELETE /referencestore/{id}"
method: DELETE
path: "/referencestore/{id}"
---

# DELETE /referencestore/{id}

`DELETE /referencestore/{id}`

Deletes a reference store and returns a response with no body if the operation is successful. You can only delete a reference store when it does not contain any reference genomes. To empty a reference store, use `DeleteReference`.

For more information about your workflow status, see [Deleting HealthOmics reference and sequence stores](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/omics/latest/dev/deleting-reference-and-sequence-stores.html) in the _Amazon Web Services HealthOmics User Guide_.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- DeleteReferenceStoreResponse

## Other responses

- `480` — InternalServerException
- `481` — ThrottlingException
- `482` — ValidationException
- `483` — ConflictException
- `484` — ResourceNotFoundException
- `485` — AccessDeniedException
- `486` — RequestTimeoutException

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