1. Operations
2. vcenter
3. datacenter

## vcenter datacenter: delete

Delete an empty datacenter from the vCenter Server

### Request:

#### HTTP request

DELETE https://{server}/rest/vcenter/datacenter/{datacenter}
?force=true

#### Path Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
datacenter | string | Identifier of the datacenter to be deleted.

#### Request Query Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
force | boolean | Optional. If true, delete the datacenter even if it is not empty.

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

None

#### Errors:

HTTP Status Code | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
500 | error | if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
404 | not_found | if there is no datacenter associated with `datacenter` in the system.
400 | resource_in_use | if the datacenter associated with `datacenter` is not empty.
503 | service_unavailable | if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 | unauthenticated | if the user can not be authenticated.
403 | unauthorized | if the user doesn't have the required privileges.