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title: "DELETION_PROTECTED"
description: "DELETION_PROTECTED (FAILED_PRECONDITION, HTTP 400): `spec.deletion_protection` blocks the delete."
type: reference
product: platform
summary: "`spec.deletion_protection` blocks the delete."
updated: 2026-09-28
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`spec.deletion_protection` blocks the delete.

**HTTP** 400 · **gRPC** `FAILED_PRECONDITION` · [the error body](/docs/platform/errors)

## Returned by

| Method | Scope | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`data.databases.delete`](/docs/api/databases/delete) | `data:write` | Deletes a database. Fails while `spec.deletion_protection` is set. |
| [`data.kv_namespaces.delete`](/docs/api/kv_namespaces/delete) | `data:write` | Deletes a kv namespace. Fails while `spec.deletion_protection` is set. |
| [`data.buckets.delete`](/docs/api/buckets/delete) | `data:write` | Deletes a bucket. Fails while `spec.deletion_protection` is set. |
| [`data.search_indexes.delete`](/docs/api/search_indexes/delete) | `data:write` | Deletes a search index. Fails while `spec.deletion_protection` is set. |
| [`keys.keys.delete`](/docs/api/keys/delete) | `keys:write` | Deletes a key and schedules every version's destruction. |
| [`secrets.secrets.delete`](/docs/api/secrets/delete) | `secrets:write` | Deletes a secret and destroys every version. |