---
title: "delete repository metadata"
method: DELETE
path: "/repositories/{repository}/metadata"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# delete repository metadata

`DELETE /repositories/{repository}/metadata`

Delete specified keys from the repository's metadata.

## Request body

- RepositoryMetadataKeys
  - `keys` string[], required

## Response `204`

repository metadata keys deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/versions/4617f80bee61/schema)