> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restate.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

<AgentInstructions>

## Submitting Feedback

If you encounter incorrect, outdated, or confusing documentation on this page, submit feedback:

POST https://docs.restate.dev/feedback

```json
{
  "path": "/admin-api/invocation/delete-an-invocation",
  "feedback": "Description of the issue"
}
```

Only submit feedback when you have something specific and actionable to report.

</AgentInstructions>

# Delete an invocation

> Use kill_invocation/cancel_invocation/purge_invocation instead.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /schemas/openapi-admin.json delete /invocations/{invocation_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Admin API
  description: >-
    This API exposes the admin operations of a Restate cluster, such as
    registering new service deployments, interacting with running invocations,
    register Kafka subscriptions, retrieve service metadata. For an overview,
    check out the [Operate documentation](https://docs.restate.dev/operate/). If
    you're looking for how to call your services, check out the [Ingress HTTP
    API](https://docs.restate.dev/invoke/http) instead.
  contact:
    name: restate.dev
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/license/mit
  version: 1.6.2
servers: []
security: []
tags:
  - name: deployment
    description: Service Deployment management
  - name: invocation
    description: Invocation management
    externalDocs:
      url: https://docs.restate.dev/operate/invocation
      description: Invocations documentation
  - name: subscription
    description: Subscription management
    externalDocs:
      url: https://docs.restate.dev/operate/invocation#managing-kafka-subscriptions
      description: Kafka subscriptions documentation
  - name: service
    description: Service management
  - name: service_handler
    description: Service handlers metadata
  - name: cluster_health
    description: Cluster health
  - name: health
    description: Admin API health
  - name: version
    description: API Version
  - name: introspection
    description: System introspection
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.restate.dev/operate/
  description: Restate operations documentation
paths:
  /invocations/{invocation_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - invocation
      summary: Delete an invocation
      description: Use kill_invocation/cancel_invocation/purge_invocation instead.
      operationId: delete_invocation
      parameters:
        - name: invocation_id
          in: path
          description: Invocation identifier.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: mode
          in: query
          description: >-
            If cancel, it will gracefully terminate the invocation. If kill, it
            will terminate the invocation with a hard stop. If purge, it will
            only cleanup the response for completed invocations, 
                        and leave unaffected an in-flight invocation.
          required: false
          schema:
            $ref: 54e53c25-eaae-4b38-8a43-4225f04d7417
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '405':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/MethodNotAllowed'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      deprecated: true
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDescriptionResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDescriptionResponse'
    MethodNotAllowed:
      description: Method not allowed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDescriptionResponse'
    Conflict:
      description: Conflict
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDescriptionResponse'
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDescriptionResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorDescriptionResponse:
      type: object
      description: |-
        # Error description response

        Error details of the response
      required:
        - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        restate_code:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: |-
            # Restate code

            Restate error code describing this error

````