Delete a span by span_identifier
Spans
Delete a span by span_identifier
Delete a single span by identifier.
Important: This operation deletes ONLY the specified span itself and does NOT delete its descendants/children. All child spans will remain in the trace and become orphaned (their parent_id will point to a non-existent span).
Behavior:
- Deletes only the target span (preserves all descendant spans)
- If this was the last span in the trace, the trace record is also deleted
- If the deleted span had a parent, its cumulative metrics (error count, token counts) are subtracted from all ancestor spans in the chain
Note: This operation is irreversible and may create orphaned spans.
DELETE
Delete a span by span_identifier
Path Parameters
The span identifier: either a relay GlobalID or OpenTelemetry span_id
Response
Successful Response

