# Delete an inference endpoint


**DELETE /_inference/{task_type}/{inference_id}**

**All methods and paths for this operation:**

<div>
                      <span class="operation-verb delete">DELETE</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_inference/{inference_id}</span>
                      </div>
                    <div>
                      <span class="operation-verb delete">DELETE</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_inference/{task_type}/{inference_id}</span>
                      </div>


## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **task_type** (string)
  The task type
- **inference_id** (string)
  The inference identifier.

### Query parameters
- **dry_run** (boolean)
  When true, checks the semantic_text fields and inference processors that reference the endpoint and returns them in a list, but does not delete the endpoint.
- **force** (boolean)
  When true, the inference endpoint is forcefully deleted even if it is still being used by ingest processors or semantic text fields.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **acknowledged** (boolean)
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
- **pipelines** (array[string])



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