# metadata.remove

> Remove an anchored-metadata entry. Strips the anchor content-control wrapper (its content stays in the document) and deletes the payload entry from the Storage Part. In v1 these writes are sequenced, not transactional: the adapter resolves the target up-front so missing-target failures land before any state change, but a crash strictly between the two writes can leave a dangling payload. When the backing part has no remaining entries, the part itself is removed.



- Member path: `doc.metadata.remove(…)`
- Mutates document: yes
- Idempotency: `non-idempotent`
- Supports tracked mode: no
- Supports dry run: yes

## Expected result

Returns an AnchoredMetadataMutationResult with the removed entry id on success or a failure.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$defs": {},
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "id"
  ]
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$defs": {},
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "success": {
          "const": true
        },
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "success",
        "id"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "success": {
          "const": false
        },
        "failure": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "details": {}
          },
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ]
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "success",
        "failure"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Pre-apply throws

- `TARGET_NOT_FOUND`
- `INVALID_TARGET`
- `CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE`
- `REVISION_MISMATCH`

## Non-applied receipt codes

- `TARGET_NOT_FOUND`