Delete data streams | Elasticsearch API documentation

Delete data streams Generally available; Added in 7.9.0

DELETE /_data_stream/{name}

Deletes one or more data streams and their backing indices.

name string | array[string] Required

Comma-separated list of data streams to delete. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.

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.

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expand_wildcards string | array[string]
Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values,such as open,hidden.

Supported values include:
- all: Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
- open: Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
- closed: Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
- hidden: Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
- none: Wildcard expressions are not accepted.
Values are all, open, closed, hidden, or none.

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 /_data_stream/{name}

DELETE _data_stream/my-data-stream

resp = client.indices.delete_data_stream( name="my-data-stream", )

const response = await client.indices.deleteDataStream({ name: "my-data-stream", });

response = client.indices.delete_data_stream( name: "my-data-stream" )

$resp = $client->indices()->deleteDataStream([ "name" => "my-data-stream", ]);

curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_data_stream/my-data-stream"