Delete a script or search template | Elasticsearch API documentation (8x-unreleased)

Delete a script or search template Generally available

DELETE /_scripts/{id}

Deletes a stored script or search template. ##Required authorization

master_timeout string

The 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. It can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Values are -1 or 0.
timeout string

The period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. It can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Values are -1 or 0.

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 /_scripts/{id}

DELETE _scripts/my-search-template

curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_scripts/{id}'

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