# Cannot Delete In server AWS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 28, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221 "2015-08-28T06:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![tommoholmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tommoholmes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tommoholmes)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/1 "2015-08-28T06:03:18Z")

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I hosted my elastic in AWS but, I cannot delete index.

my elasctic version 1.7.1

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/2 "2015-08-28T06:08:21Z")

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Please describe this in more detail. Do you get an error message or what does "cannot delete index" actually mean?

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**Author:** ![tommoholmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tommoholmes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tommoholmes)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/3 "2015-08-28T07:03:34Z")

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I cannot delete my index, my index still exist

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/4 "2015-08-28T07:15:59Z")

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What exact commands you ran?

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**Author:** ![tommoholmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tommoholmes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tommoholmes)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/5 "2015-08-28T07:29:04Z")

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curl -XDELETE 'IP\_ES:9200/index/'

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/6 "2015-08-28T07:53:04Z")

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Fantastic!

What is the response?  
What do you see in logs?

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**Author:** ![tommoholmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tommoholmes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tommoholmes)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/7 "2015-08-28T08:18:28Z")

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it's not response

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/8 "2015-08-28T08:47:46Z")

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What do you see in logs?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-delete-in-server-aws/28221/9 "2017-07-05T23:53:19Z")

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