https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/force-destroy-force-update-option-for-workspace-apis/m-p/144019#M4727 <P><SPAN>The Unity catalog DELETE API supports the force option:</SPAN><BR /><A class="" href="https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/catalogs/delete" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/catalogs/delete</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it possible to support the force option for the workspace APIs?</SPAN><BR /><A class="" href="https://docs.databricks.com/api/account/workspaces/delete" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://docs.databricks.com/api/account/workspaces/delete</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Context:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>At the moment, there is a risk that even minor Terraform changes&nbsp; (e.g.&nbsp;</SPAN><A class="" href="https://github.com/databricks/terraform-provider-databricks/issues/4968" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">[ISSUE] Issue with `databricks_mws_workspaces` resource. Rename forces replacement · Issue #4968 · databricks/terraform-provider-databricks</A><SPAN>) could result in the workspace being destroyed, and we would like to reduce this risk.</SPAN></P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:24:36 GMT littlewat 2026-01-14T09:24:36Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/force-destroy-force-update-option-for-workspace-apis/m-p/144019#M4727 <P><SPAN>The Unity catalog DELETE API supports the force option:</SPAN><BR /><A class="" href="https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/catalogs/delete" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/catalogs/delete</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it possible to support the force option for the workspace APIs?</SPAN><BR /><A class="" href="https://docs.databricks.com/api/account/workspaces/delete" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://docs.databricks.com/api/account/workspaces/delete</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Context:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>At the moment, there is a risk that even minor Terraform changes&nbsp; (e.g.&nbsp;</SPAN><A class="" href="https://github.com/databricks/terraform-provider-databricks/issues/4968" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">[ISSUE] Issue with `databricks_mws_workspaces` resource. Rename forces replacement · Issue #4968 · databricks/terraform-provider-databricks</A><SPAN>) could result in the workspace being destroyed, and we would like to reduce this risk.</SPAN></P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:24:36 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/force-destroy-force-update-option-for-workspace-apis/m-p/144019#M4727 littlewat 2026-01-14T09:24:36Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/force-destroy-force-update-option-for-workspace-apis/m-p/144031#M4730 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164126">@littlewat</a>&nbsp;,</P><P>Currently this is not supported by API. You can raise feature request though <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:11:10 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/force-destroy-force-update-option-for-workspace-apis/m-p/144031#M4730 szymon_dybczak 2026-01-14T11:11:10Z