Delete a document

DELETE /{index}/_doc/{id}

Removes a JSON document from the specified index.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    Name of the target index.

  • id string Required

    Unique identifier for the document.

Query parameters

  • if_primary_term number

    Only perform the operation if the document has this primary term.

  • if_seq_no number

    Only perform the operation if the document has this sequence number.

  • refresh string

    If true, Elasticsearch refreshes the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false do nothing with refreshes. Valid values: true, false, wait_for.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

  • routing string

    Custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for active shards.

  • version number

    Explicit version number for concurrency control. The specified version must match the current version of the document for the request to succeed.

  • version_type string

    Specific version type: external, external_gte.

    Values are internal, external, external_gte, or force.

  • wait_for_active_shards number | string

    The number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the operation. Set to all or any positive integer up to the total number of shards in the index (number_of_replicas+1).

Responses

DELETE /{index}/_doc/{id} 
curl \
 -X DELETE http://api.example.com/{index}/_doc/{id}