Deletes the specified lifecycle policy definition Added in 6.6.0
You cannot delete policies that are currently in use. If the policy is being used to manage any indices, the request fails and returns an error.
Path parameters
-
Identifier for the policy.
Query parameters
-
master_timeout string
Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
-
timeout string
Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
DELETE /_ilm/policy/{policy}
curl \
-X DELETE http://api.example.com/_ilm/policy/{policy}
Response examples (200)
{
"acknowledged": true
}