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Delete index template API
editDelete index template API
editDeletes an existing index.
DELETE /_template/template_1
Request
editDELETE /_template/<index-template>
Description
editUse the delete index template API to delete one or more index templates
Index templates define settings and mappings that you can automatically apply when creating new indices. Elasticsearch applies templates to new indices based on an index pattern that matches the index name.
Path parameters
edit-
<index-template>
- (Required, string) Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index template names used to limit the request.
Query parameters
edit-
master_timeout
-
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time 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. Defaults to
30s
. -
timeout
-
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for
a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request
fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s
.