Delete snapshot repositories Added in 0.0.0

DELETE /_snapshot/{repository}

When a repository is unregistered, Elasticsearch removes only the reference to the location where the repository is storing the snapshots. The snapshots themselves are left untouched and in place.

Path parameters

  • repository string | array[string] Required

    Name of the snapshot repository to unregister. Wildcard (*) patterns are supported.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_snapshot/{repository} 
curl \
 -X DELETE http://api.example.com/_snapshot/{repository}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}