Jobs - Delete Job

Service:
Batch Service
API Version:
2025-06-01

Deletes a Job.
Deleting a Job also deletes all Tasks that are part of that Job, and all Job statistics. This also overrides the retention period for Task data; that is, if the Job contains Tasks which are still retained on Compute Nodes, the Batch services deletes those Tasks' working directories and all their contents. When a Delete Job request is received, the Batch service sets the Job to the deleting state. All update operations on a Job that is in deleting state will fail with status code 409 (Conflict), with additional information indicating that the Job is being deleted.

DELETE {endpoint}/jobs/{jobId}?api-version=2025-06-01
With optional parameters: 
DELETE {endpoint}/jobs/{jobId}?api-version=2025-06-01&timeOut={timeOut}&force={force}

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
endpoint
 path True

string (uri)

Batch account endpoint (for example: https://batchaccount.eastus2.batch.azure.com).
jobId
 path True

string

The ID of the Job to delete.
api-version
 query True

string

minLength: 1

The API version to use for this operation.
force
 query

boolean

If true, the server will delete the Job even if the corresponding nodes have not fully processed the deletion. The default value is false.
timeOut
 query

integer (int32)

The maximum time that the server can spend processing the request, in seconds. The default is 30 seconds. If the value is larger than 30, the default will be used instead.".

Request Header

Name Required Type Description
client-request-id

string

The caller-generated request identity, in the form of a GUID with no decoration such as curly braces, e.g. 9C4D50EE-2D56-4CD3-8152-34347DC9F2B0.
return-client-request-id

boolean

Whether the server should return the client-request-id in the response.
ocp-date

string (date-time-rfc7231)

The time the request was issued. Client libraries typically set this to the current system clock time; set it explicitly if you are calling the REST API directly.
If-Modified-Since

string (date-time-rfc7231)

A timestamp indicating the last modified time of the resource known to the client. The operation will be performed only if the resource on the service has been modified since the specified time.
If-Unmodified-Since

string (date-time-rfc7231)

A timestamp indicating the last modified time of the resource known to the client. The operation will be performed only if the resource on the service has not been modified since the specified time.
If-Match

string

An ETag value associated with the version of the resource known to the client. The operation will be performed only if the resource's current ETag on the service exactly matches the value specified by the client.
If-None-Match

string

An ETag value associated with the version of the resource known to the client. The operation will be performed only if the resource's current ETag on the service does not match the value specified by the client.

Responses

Name Type Description
202 Accepted

The request has been accepted for processing, but processing has not yet completed.

Headers

  • client-request-id: string
  • request-id: string
Other Status Codes

BatchError

An unexpected error response.

Security

OAuth2Auth

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
https://batch.core.windows.net//.default

Examples

Delete Job

Sample request

DELETE {endpoint}/jobs/jobId?api-version=2025-06-01

Sample response

Status code:
202

Definitions

Name Description
BatchError

An error response received from the Azure Batch service.
BatchErrorDetail

An item of additional information included in an Azure Batch error response.
BatchErrorMessage

An error message received in an Azure Batch error response.

BatchError

Object

An error response received from the Azure Batch service.

Name Type Description
code

string

An identifier for the error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.
message

BatchErrorMessage

A message describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.
values

BatchErrorDetail[]

A collection of key-value pairs containing additional details about the error.

BatchErrorDetail

Object

An item of additional information included in an Azure Batch error response.

Name Type Description
key

string

An identifier specifying the meaning of the Value property.
value

string

The additional information included with the error response.

BatchErrorMessage

Object

An error message received in an Azure Batch error response.

Name Type Description
lang

string

The language code of the error message.
value

string

The text of the message.