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Delete API

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Delete API

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The delete API allows to delete a typed JSON document from a specific index based on its id. See also deleting by query for other ways to delete data.

By Id

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client.Delete<ElasticSearchProject>(1);
client.DeleteAsync<ElasticSearchProject>(1);

Delete with custom parameters

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Fluent Syntax

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client.Delete(1, d => d
    .Type("users")
    .Index("myindex")
);

Object Initializer Syntax

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// Be explicit with type and index
client.Delete(new DeleteRequest("myindex", "users", "1"));

// Infer type and index from CLR type
client.Delete(new DeleteRequest<ElasticsearchProject>("1"));

By object

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Id property is inferred (can be any value type (int, string, float …​))

client.Delete(searchProject);
client.DeleteAsync(searchProject);

By IEnumerable<T>

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client.DeleteMany(searchProjects);
client.DeleteManyAsync(searchProjects);

By Query

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See deleting by query

Indices and Mappings

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See Delete Mapping and Delete Index

Bulk delete

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See Bulk API

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