# Metric: delete

# Description

Deletes the specified metric.

Data collected for the metric is removed asynchronously in the background.

# Request

Method	Path	Content-Type Header
DELETE	/api/v1/metrics/{metric}	application/json

# Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
metric	string	Metric name.

# Response

# Fields

None.

# Example

# Request

# URI

DELETE /api/v1/metrics/my-metric

# Payload

None.

# curl

curl https://atsd_hostname:8443/api/v1/metrics/my-metric \
  -k --user {username}:{password} \
  --request DELETE

# Response

None.