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Delete expired data API
editDelete expired data API
editDeletes expired and unused machine learning data.
Request
editDELETE _xpack/ml/_delete_expired_data
Description
editDeletes all job results, model snapshots and forecast data that have exceeded
their retention days period. Machine learning state documents that are not
associated with any job are also deleted.
Authorization
editYou must have manage_ml, or manage cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see Security privileges and Built-in roles.
Examples
editThe endpoint takes no arguments:
DELETE _xpack/ml/_delete_expired_data
When the expired data is deleted, you receive the following response:
{
"deleted": true
}