Delete inference API

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This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

Deletes an inference model deployment.

Request

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DELETE /_inference/<task_type>/<model_id>

Prerequisites

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Path parameters

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<model_id>
(Required, string) The unique identifier of the inference model to delete.
<task_type>
(Required, string) The type of inference task that the model performs.

Examples

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The following API call deletes the my-elser-model inference model that can perform sparse_embedding tasks.

DELETE /_inference/sparse_embedding/my-elser-model

The API returns the following response:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}