---
title: "Delete Business Metafield"
description: "Use DELETE /business/{business_id}/metafields/{metafield_id} to delete a metafield from a business."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/delete-business-metafield/
---

# Delete Business Metafield

> **API operation:** [Open the endpoint in Scalar](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business/DELETE/business/{business_id}/metafields/{metafield_id})

Use `DELETE /business/{business_id}/metafields/{metafield_id}` to delete a metafield from a business. The operation documented here is `BusinessMetafield.delete`.

The documented schema requires administrator or business-manager authentication. For business-manager access, verify that the metafield belongs to the specified business before deletion. Deletion is destructive.

See [Extra attributes (Metafields)](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/extra-attributes/) for shared concepts.

## OpenAPI reference

**Operation:** `DELETE /business/{business_id}/metafields/{metafield_id}`

**Path parameters**

| Name           | Type    | Required | Description |
| -------------- | ------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `business_id`  | integer | Yes      | —           |
| `metafield_id` | integer | Yes      | —           |

**Responses**

| Code | Description                           |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| 200  | OK (Envelope)                         |
| 400  | Bad Request (ErrorResponse)           |
| 401  | Unauthorized                          |
| 404  | Not Found                             |
| 429  | Too Many Requests (ErrorResponse)     |
| 500  | Internal Server Error (ErrorResponse) |
| 503  | Service Unavailable (ErrorResponse)   |

[Open this operation in the API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business/DELETE/business/{business_id}/metafields/{metafield_id})