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# Delete a metric variant

> Remove one of your organization’s variants. Anything pinned to it falls back to the Default, so
deleting a fork of a Roark variant returns you to Roark’s configuration.

Roark’s own variants cannot be deleted, and neither can a Default. Values already collected under
the deleted variant are retained.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.documented.json delete /v1/metric/definitions/{idOrSlug}/variants/{variantId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Roark Analytics API
  description: >-
    The Roark Analytics API gives you access to the same API that powers the
    award winning Roark Analytics platform.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://api.roark.ai
security:
  - Bearer: []
tags:
  - name: Agent
  - name: Agent Endpoint
  - name: Call
  - name: Chat
  - name: Metric
  - name: Metric Policy
  - name: Metric Collection Job
  - name: Customer Flow
  - name: Customer Flow Edge Case
  - name: Simulation
  - name: Simulation Persona
  - name: Simulation Environment
  - name: Simulation Scenario
  - name: Simulation Run Plan
  - name: Simulation Run Plan Job
  - name: Simulation Job
  - name: HTTP Request Definition
  - name: Webhook
  - name: Issue
  - name: Knowledge Base
  - name: Config
  - name: CLI Auth
  - name: Call Analysis
  - name: Health
paths:
  /v1/metric/definitions/{idOrSlug}/variants/{variantId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Metric
      summary: Delete a metric variant
      description: >-
        Remove one of your organization’s variants. Anything pinned to it falls
        back to the Default, so

        deleting a fork of a Roark variant returns you to Roark’s configuration.


        Roark’s own variants cannot be deleted, and neither can a Default.
        Values already collected under

        the deleted variant are retained.
      operationId: deleteV1MetricDefinitionsByIdOrSlugVariantsByVariantId
      parameters:
        - name: idOrSlug
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Metric definition UUID or its stable slug.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: variantId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Variant UUID.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The variant was deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteMetricVariantResponse'
                required:
                  - data
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                description: Validation error
              example:
                type: validation
                code: invalid_parameter
                message: The request was invalid
                param: email
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                description: Authentication error
              example:
                type: authentication
                code: unauthorized
                message: Authentication required
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                description: Permission error
              example:
                type: forbidden
                code: permission_denied
                message: You do not have permission to access this resource
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                description: Not found error
              example:
                type: not_found
                code: resource_not_found
                message: The requested resource could not be found
          description: Not Found
        '429':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                description: Rate limit error
              example:
                type: rate_limit
                code: too_many_requests
                message: Rate limit exceeded
          description: Too Many Requests
        '500':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
                description: Server error
              example:
                type: internal
                code: internal_error
                message: Internal server error
          description: Internal Server Error
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: >-
            import Roark from '@roarkanalytics/sdk';


            const client = new Roark({
              bearerToken: process.env['ROARK_API_BEARER_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });


            const metricVariant = await
            client.metricVariant.delete('182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e',
            {
              idOrSlug: 'idOrSlug',
            });


            console.log(metricVariant.data);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from roark_analytics import Roark

            client = Roark(
                bearer_token=os.environ.get("ROARK_API_BEARER_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            metric_variant = client.metric_variant.delete(
                "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
                id_or_slug="idOrSlug",
            )
            print(metric_variant.data)
components:
  schemas:
    DeleteMetricVariantResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        deleted:
          type: boolean
          const: true
      required:
        - id
        - deleted
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - validation
            - authentication
            - forbidden
            - not_found
            - conflict
            - payment_required
            - rate_limit
            - internal
          description: The error type category
          examples:
            - validation
            - authentication
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code identifier
          examples:
            - invalid_parameter
            - missing_required_field
            - unauthorized
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
          examples:
            - The request was invalid
            - Authentication required
        param:
          type: string
          description: The parameter that caused the error (if applicable)
          examples:
            - email
            - user_id
        details:
          description: Additional error context information
      required:
        - type
        - code
        - message
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````