# Stop a metric being read; its versions stay on record

`DELETE /datasources/metrics/{name}` · Rivier · hosting

Stop a metric being read; its versions stay on record.

- Scope: hosting:write
- Graphql: Mutation.hostingMetricRetire
- Sdk: hosting.metric.retire
- Cli: hosting metric retire

## Parameters

- `name` (path, required), string

## Responses

- `200`: Success
- `400`: The request was malformed
- `401`: No valid credential
- `403`: The credential lacks the scope, origin or address
- `429`: Over the key's rate limit; see Retry-After

## Example

```sh
curl -X DELETE 'https://api.rivier.ai/datasources/metrics/{name}' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $KEY'
```