---
title: "delete_variable"
description: "Delete a variable."
sidebarTitle: "delete_variable"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Delete a variable.

<Warning>
  **Destructive · Writes data · Idempotent · Calls external systems.** This tool can modify or delete data. Review the arguments before letting an agent call it.
</Warning>

## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `acknowledge` | boolean | Yes | Must be true to confirm the delete |
| `variable_id` | number | Yes | Variable id |

## Example arguments

Illustrative arguments an agent supplies when calling this tool:

```json
{
  "variable_id": 0,
  "acknowledge": false
}
```

## Description

```text
Refuses if any test references it (the platform enforces this guard server-side and exposes no override — there is no force parameter).

acknowledge=true is required (the delete is destructive). When the refusal lists test references, update those tests ('test_edit') or remove the references first, then re-run delete.
```

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