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Delete index alias APIedit
Deletes an existing index alias.
An index alias is a secondary name used to refer to one or more existing indices.
Most Elasticsearch APIs accept an index alias in place of an index name.
DELETE /my-index-000001/_alias/alias1
Prerequisitesedit
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manageindex privilege for both the index and index alias.
Path parametersedit
-
<index> -
(Required, string) Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index names used to limit the request.
To include all indices in the cluster, use a value of
_allor*. -
<alias> -
(Required, string) Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index alias names used to limit the request.
To delete all aliases, use a value of
_allor*.
Query parametersedit
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master_timeout -
(Optional, time units)
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. Defaults to
30s. -
timeout -
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout
expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s.