# Deleting a schema or registry
Deleting a schema, a schema version, or a registry are permanent actions that cannot be undone.
## Deleting a schema
You may want to delete a schema when it will no longer be used within a registry, using the AWS Management Console, or the [DeleteSchema action (Python: delete\$1schema)](aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api.md#aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api-DeleteSchema) API.
Deleting one or more schemas is a permanent action that cannot be undone. Make sure that the schema or schemas are no longer needed.
To delete a schema from the registry, call the [DeleteSchema action (Python: delete\$1schema)](aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api.md#aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api-DeleteSchema) API, specifying the `SchemaId` structure to identify the schema.
For example:
```
aws glue delete-schema --schema-id SchemaArn="arn:aws:glue:us-east-2:901234567890:schema/registryName1/schemaname"
```
```
aws glue delete-schema --schema-id SchemaName="TestSchema6-deleteschemabyname",RegistryName="default-registry"
```
**AWS Glue console**
To delete a schema from the AWS Glue console:
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue\).
1. In the navigation pane, under **Data catalog**, choose **Schema registries**.
1. Choose the registry that contains your schema from the the list of registries.
1. Choose one or more schemas from the list, by checking the boxes.
1. In the **Action** menu, choose **Delete schema**.
1. Enter the text **Delete** in the field to confirm deletion.
1. Choose **Delete**.
The schema(s) you specified are deleted from the registry.
## Deleting a schema version
As schemas accumulate in the registry, you may want to delete unwanted schema versions using the AWS Management Console, or the [DeleteSchemaVersions action (Python: delete\$1schema\$1versions)](aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api.md#aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api-DeleteSchemaVersions) API. Deleting one or more schema versions is a permanent action that cannot be undone. Make sure that the schema versions are no longer needed.
When deleting schema versions, take note of the following constraints:
+ You cannot delete a check-pointed version.
+ The range of contiguous versions cannot be more than 25.
+ The latest schema version must not be in a pending state.
Specify the `SchemaId` structure to identify the schema, and specify `Versions` as a range of versions to delete. For more information on specifying a version or range of versions, see [DeleteRegistry action (Python: delete\$1registry)](aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api.md#aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api-DeleteRegistry). The schema versions you specified are deleted from the registry.
Calling the [ListSchemaVersions action (Python: list\$1schema\$1versions)](aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api.md#aws-glue-api-schema-registry-api-ListSchemaVersions) API after this call will list the status of the deleted versions.
For example:
```
aws glue delete-schema-versions --schema-id SchemaName="TestSchema6",RegistryName="default-registry" --versions "1-1"
```
```
aws glue delete-schema-versions --schema-id SchemaArn="arn:aws:glue:us-east-2:901234567890:schema/default-registry/TestSchema6-NON-Existent" --versions "1-1"
```
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue\).
1. In the navigation pane, under **Data catalog**, choose **Schema registries**.
1. Choose the registry that contains your schema from the the list of registries.
1. Choose one or more schemas from the list, by checking the boxes.
1. In the **Action** menu, choose **Delete schema**.
1. Enter the text **Delete** in the field to confirm deletion.
1. Choose **Delete**.
The schema versions you specified are deleted from the registry.