# Delete a specific pin without an id

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-specific-pin-without-an-id/7156>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 28, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-specific-pin-without-an-id/7156 "2012-03-28T00:11:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![P\_V](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/p_v/32/2939_2.png) [@P\_V](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/P_V)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-specific-pin-without-an-id/7156/1 "2012-03-28T00:11:06Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the elasticsearch and I'm with a doubt regarding geo  
location feature.

In a project that I'm working on, we have a few tests that are  
inserting a few locations to ElasticSearch with the following code:

final void index(final double latitude, final double longitude, final  
String indexName) {  
final XContentBuilder locationJson =  
ElasticsearchUtil.createJsonForLocation(latitude, longitude);  
client.prepareIndex(indexName,  
PIN).setSource(locationJson).setOperationThreaded(false).execute().actionGet(timeout);  
}

This works and we already have some tests searching inside a polygon  
but now I want to remove a specific "pin" (location) but the only api  
that I've available is the following:

client.prepareDelete("indexName", "pin",  
id).setOperationThreaded(false).execute().actionGet(timeout);

But I'm not inserting any id for my location.

How should I delete a specific pin without an id?

Thanks and sorry about the basic question..

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**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-specific-pin-without-an-id/7156/2 "2012-03-28T05:28:46Z")

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You can always delete by query: client.prepareDeleteByQuery(...)

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Ivan

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:11 PM, P.V. [pedro@elanross.com](mailto:pedro@elanross.com) wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm new to the elasticsearch and I'm with a doubt regarding geo  
> location feature.
> 
> In a project that I'm working on, we have a few tests that are  
> inserting a few locations to Elasticsearch with the following code:
> 
> final void index(final double latitude, final double longitude, final  
> String indexName) {  
> final XContentBuilder locationJson =  
> ElasticsearchUtil.createJsonForLocation(latitude, longitude);  
> client.prepareIndex(indexName,  
> PIN).setSource(locationJson).setOperationThreaded(false).execute().actionGet(timeout);  
> }
> 
> This works and we already have some tests searching inside a polygon  
> but now I want to remove a specific "pin" (location) but the only api  
> that I've available is the following:
> 
> client.prepareDelete("indexName", "pin",  
> id).setOperationThreaded(false).execute().actionGet(timeout);
> 
> But I'm not inserting any id for my location.
> 
> How should I delete a specific pin without an id?
> 
> Thanks and sorry about the basic question..

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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 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-specific-pin-without-an-id/7156/3 "2017-07-06T03:34:30Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC