Delete a feature

You can delete specific features from a feature group. Deleting a featureunregisters the feature column from the Feature Registry anddoesn't affect the data in the column in the registered BigQuerysource table or view. You cancreate another feature in anyfeature group to register the same column again, if necessary.

Before you begin

Authenticate toVertex AI, unless you've done so already.

To use the REST API samples on this page in a local development environment, you use the credentials you provide to the gcloud CLI.

    Install the Google Cloud CLI. After installation,initialize the Google Cloud CLI by running the following command:

    gcloudinit

    If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

For more information, seeAuthenticate for using REST in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.

Delete a feature

Use the following sample to delete a feature from a feature group.

REST

To delete aFeature resource, send aDELETE request by using thefeatures.deletemethod.

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • LOCATION_ID: Region where the feature group is located, such asus-central1.
  • PROJECT_ID: Your project ID.
  • FEATURE_GROUP_NAME: The name of the feature group containing the feature.
  • FEATURE_NAME: The name of the feature that you want to delete.

HTTP method and URL:

DELETE https://LOCATION_ID-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION_ID/featureGroups/FEATURE_GROUP_NAME/features/FEATURE_NAME

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud CLI with your user account by runninggcloud init orgcloud auth login , or by usingCloud Shell, which automatically logs you into thegcloud CLI . You can check the currently active account by runninggcloud auth list.

Execute the following command:

curl -X DELETE \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
     "https://LOCATION_ID-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION_ID/featureGroups/FEATURE_GROUP_NAME/features/FEATURE_NAME"

PowerShell

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud CLI with your user account by runninggcloud init orgcloud auth login . You can check the currently active account by runninggcloud auth list.

Execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
    -Method DELETE `
    -Headers $headers `
    -Uri "https://LOCATION_ID-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION_ID/featureGroups/FEATURE_GROUP_NAME/features/FEATURE_NAME" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

"name": "projects/PROJECT_NUMBER/locations/LOCATION_ID/operations/OPERATION_ID",  "metadata": {    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.DeleteOperationMetadata",    "genericMetadata": {      "createTime": "2023-09-25T18:52:42.092928Z",      "updateTime": "2023-09-25T18:52:42.092928Z"    }  },  "done": true,  "response": {    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty"  }}

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Last updated 2025-12-15 UTC.