# Curl command to Delete an Elastic search Index not working
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-command-to-delete-an-elastic-search-index-not-working/69395
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-command-to-delete-an-elastic-search-index-not-working/69395 "2016-12-19T06:59:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@VijayKarthikeyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VijayKarthikeyan)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-command-to-delete-an-elastic-search-index-not-working/69395/1 "2016-12-19T06:59:37Z")
I have been working on Elastic search for a while and i have scenario to delete some indices in the elasticsearch.
As instructed in the ELK user guide, am trying to delete the indices using the CURL command in powershell on Windows Server 2012 R2
The command is given below
**$ curl -X DELETE '[http://localhost:9200/logstash-2016.12.19/](http://localhost:9200/logstash-2016.12.19/)'**
but when i give this command to delete in powershell, it throws the below error
**_Invoke-WebRequest : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'X'. At line:1 char:6 + curl -X DELETE '[http://10.242.244.170:9200/logstash-2016.12.19/](http://10.242.244.170:9200/logstash-2016.12.19/)' + ~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (🙂 [Invoke-WebRequest], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand_**
Can anyone help me solve this issue?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-command-to-delete-an-elastic-search-index-not-working/69395/2 "2016-12-19T07:16:45Z")
It's a question related to Curl on windows I think. Not related to elasticsearch itself.
That said, may be try with `-XDELETE` instead of `-X DELETE`?
Read the documentation of your CURL application.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-command-to-delete-an-elastic-search-index-not-working/69395/3 "2016-12-19T07:17:10Z")
Yeah I think this is a curl on windows issue, not an ES one.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-command-to-delete-an-elastic-search-index-not-working/69395/4 "2017-01-16T07:17:27Z")
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