# Delete by Query in ES 5.0 Java Client

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-in-es-5-0-java-client/66948>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-in-es-5-0-java-client/66948 "2016-11-23T07:13:20Z")\
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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:** [November 23, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-in-es-5-0-java-client/66948/2 "2016-11-23T08:18:25Z")

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Is it the same question as the following?

> [@Elastic 5 - DeleteByQuery](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-5-deletebyquery/65721):
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> Hi I'm upgrading our Java elasticsearch layer from 2.3.3 to 5.0. Everything seems fine excepts the DeleteByQuery. Our current code is pretty simple, we delete all documents that are having a specific parent. But sadly, I'm completely unabled to reproduce that using 5.0 DeleteByQueryRequestBuilder. Any help would be appreciated. QueryBuilder aQuery = QueryBuilders.termQuery("\_parent", parentId); DeleteByQueryResponse resp = new DeleteByQueryRequestBuilder(this.getElasticClient(), DeleteByQ…

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