Delete all entries from a type

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Is there a method of deleting all entries in a specific type in an Index without deleting the whole type and also preserving the mapping for that type? I want to clear out a type without having to reindex or remove the type. Is this possible? I've tried variations of match_all and wildcard queries and haven't had any luck.

Right now I'm trying
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/index/type/_query?q=_id:*', and it seems to return successful in the terminal window, but doesn't actually delete the entries in my type.

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May be this?

curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/index/type/_query?q=_type:type'

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Le 27 mars 2014 à 14:43, bruskie24 jmassey@clearedgeit.com a écrit :

Is there a method of deleting all entries in a specific type in an Index
without deleting the whole type and also preserving the mapping for that
type? I want to clear out a type without having to reindex or remove the
type. Is this possible? I've tried variations of match_all and wildcard
queries and haven't had any luck.

Right now I'm trying
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/index/type/_query?q=_id:*', and it
seems to return successful in the terminal window, but doesn't actually
delete the entries in my type.

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Yes, that worked, thanks!