---
title: "Delete an existing data source by id."
method: DELETE
path: "/datasources/{id}"
tags: ["datasources"]
deprecated: true
---

# Delete an existing data source by id.

`DELETE /datasources/{id}`

> **Deprecated.**

If you are running Grafana Enterprise and have Fine-grained access control enabled
you need to have a permission with action: `datasources:delete` and scopes: `datasources:*`, `datasources:id:*` and `datasources:id:1` (single data source).

Please refer to [updated API](#/datasources/deleteDataSourceByUID) instead

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

An OKResponse is returned if the request was successful.

- SuccessResponseBody
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `401` — UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403` — ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `404` — NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
- `500` — InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

---

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