# Delete by query, noob question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-noob-question/46684>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 7, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-noob-question/46684 "2016-04-07T13:11:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Juan\_Andres\_Ramirez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juan_andres_ramirez/32/9467_2.png) [@Juan\_Andres\_Ramirez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Juan_Andres_Ramirez)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-noob-question/46684/1 "2016-04-07T13:11:05Z")

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Hello Guys,  
I'm using the new ELK version 2.3 and I installed the new plugin delete-by-query.  
In the old version to delete by query is in this way:

```
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_query' -d '{
    "query" : {
        "term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
    }
}'

```

But I don't know how to delete now, because in the manual say this:  
`DELETE /twitter/tweet/_query?q=user:kimchy`

How add `DELETE /twitter/tweet/_query?q=user:kimchy` in my curl command?.

Thank you.

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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:** [April 7, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-noob-question/46684/2 "2016-04-07T13:50:42Z")

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That's somehow the same thing.

```auto
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_query' -d '{
    "query" : {
        "term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
    }
}'

```

is in SENSE Editor:

```auto
DELETE /twitter/tweet/_query
{
    "query" : {
        "term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
    }
}

```

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**Author:** ![Juan\_Andres\_Ramirez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juan_andres_ramirez/32/9467_2.png) [@Juan\_Andres\_Ramirez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Juan_Andres_Ramirez)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-noob-question/46684/3 "2016-04-07T13:58:29Z")

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Understood , thank you !!

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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, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-noob-question/46684/4 "2017-07-05T23:01:31Z")

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