Remove policies from an index Generally available; Added in 6.6.0

POST /{index}/_ilm/remove

Remove the assigned lifecycle policies from an index or a data stream's backing indices. It also stops managing the indices. ##Required authorization

  • Index privileges: manage_ilm

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the index to remove policy on

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • failed_indexes array[string] Required
    • has_failures boolean Required
POST /{index}/_ilm/remove 
POST logs-my_app-default/_ilm/remove

curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_ilm/remove'
Response examples (200)
A successful response when removing a lifecycle policy from an index. 
{
  "has_failures" : false,
  "failed_indexes" : []
}

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