Delete a legacy index template Deprecated Generally available

DELETE /_template/{name}

IMPORTANT: This documentation is about legacy index templates, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in Elasticsearch 7.8. ##Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_index_templates

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    The name of the legacy index template to delete. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    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.

    Values are -1 or 0.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    Values are -1 or 0.

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 /_template/{name} 
DELETE _template/.cloud-hot-warm-allocation-0

curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_template/{name}'

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