---
title: "Delete metadata"
method: DELETE
path: "/instances/{id}/metadata/{name}"
tags: ["Instances"]
---

# Delete metadata

`DELETE /instances/{id}/metadata/{name}`

Delete some metadata associated with the given DICOM instance. This call will fail if trying to delete a system metadata (i.e. whose index is < 1024).

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `name` string, required

## Headers

- `If-Match` string

## Response `200`

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