# Why I can not delete my space? **URL:** **Author:** ![exact-railcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@exact-railcar](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fexact-railcar)%5C **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fwhy-i-can-not-delete-my-space%2F174079%2F1 "2026-03-08T14:57:50Z") Why I can n ot delete my space [https://huggingface.co/spaces/exact-railcar/en](https://huggingface.co/spaces/exact-railcar/en) it shows **400** ✖ Invalid input: expected object, received undefined → at metadata ✖ Invalid input: expected object, received undefined → at compute ✖ Invalid input: expected object, received undefined → at storage ✖ Invalid input: expected object, received undefined → at service ---
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 12:33am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fwhy-i-can-not-delete-my-space%2F174079%2F2 "2026-03-09T00:33:44Z")
There have been similar cases in the past. Probably a bug on the HF Hub side… * * * This looks like a **Hub/Spaces-side bug** , not a normal app error. Your post shows the settings page failing validation with: - `Invalid input: expected object, received undefined → metadata` - the same for `compute`, `storage`, and `service` That pattern matches several earlier Hugging Face forum reports where Spaces got stuck in a bad state, returned `400 "metadata" is required`, could not be opened or deleted, and later either recovered on their own or had to be removed by HF staff. In one case, the issue disappeared by itself; in another, staff manually deleted the broken Spaces. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2F400-error-metadata-is-required-on-all-spaces-ive-created-in-the-past%2F72355 "400 Error "metadata" is required on All Spaces I've created in the past - Spaces - Hugging Face Forums")) ## What I would try ### 1. Delete it from CLI or Python, not from the web UI Hugging Face officially supports deleting a Space repo via both the CLI and `huggingface_hub` API. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/guides/cli "Command Line Interface (CLI)")) ```bash hf auth login hf repos delete exact-railcar/en --repo-type space ``` Or: ```python from huggingface_hub import HfApi HfApi().delete_repo("exact-railcar/en", repo_type="space") ``` This is the best first move because the web settings page is clearly broken for that repo, while the delete API is a separate official path. The “bypass the UI” part is an inference, but it is the most sensible next step given the symptoms. ### 2. If delete still fails, push a minimal `README.md` first HF’s docs say a Space’s configuration lives in the YAML block at the top of `README.md`. For Docker Spaces, `sdk: docker` and `app_port` are part of that metadata. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference "Spaces Configuration Reference")) A minimal example: ```yaml --- title: Temp Repair emoji: 🧪 colorFrom: gray colorTo: gray sdk: docker app_port: 7860 --- ``` Then add a trivial `Dockerfile` if it is a Docker Space: ```dockerfile FROM python:3.11-slim CMD ["python", "-m", "http.server", "7860"] ``` Why this may help: one user with the same deletion problem said they fixed it by uploading a `Dockerfile` or any file with `huggingface-cli`, and another reported that once the Space recovered enough to show “No application file found,” they restored `README.md` metadata with a git push and were then able to delete it. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fcan-not-delete-space%2F127843 "Can not delete space")) ### 3. If it is still stuck, escalate as an account/site issue In prior threads, HF staff manually deleted broken Spaces after users asked in the forum. The forum also points users with website/account problems to `website@huggingface.co`. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fcan-not-delete-space%2F127843 "Can not delete space - Spaces - Hugging Face Forums")) Include: - your HF username - the Space name: `exact-railcar/en` - that the Settings page returns 400 with missing `metadata/compute/storage/service` - whether CLI delete also failed, and the exact error ## My read Most likely this is one of the recurring **“ghost/broken Space metadata”** failures on the Hub. If you want the fastest path, I would do this order: 1. `hf repos delete ... --repo-type space` 2. if that fails, push minimal `README.md` metadata and retry delete 3. if that fails, post the CLI error in the forum thread and ask HF staff to remove the repo manually