# Delete

Launch stage: GA

`DELETE /api/2.1/unity-catalog/metastores/{id}`

Deletes a metastore. The caller must be a metastore admin.

API scopes: unity-catalog

## Path parameters

- `id` (string, optional)
  Unique ID of the metastore.

## Query parameters

- `force` (boolean, optional)
  Force deletion even if the metastore is not empty. Default is false.

## Response

```json
{}
```