# Delete data from elastic search index based on fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-data-from-elastic-search-index-based-on-fields/55025>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 8, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-data-from-elastic-search-index-based-on-fields/55025 "2016-07-08T07:24:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![furqan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@furqan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/furqan)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-data-from-elastic-search-index-based-on-fields/55025/1 "2016-07-08T07:24:12Z")

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Hi

I have created a index in Elastic search which has one of the fields as "LoadDate" , contains values for two different date .

I want to delete data for one of the date.

How we can do this from elastic search query

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-data-from-elastic-search-index-based-on-fields/55025/2 "2016-07-08T08:04:37Z")

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You need to use [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/plugins-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/plugins-delete-by-query.html)

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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, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-data-from-elastic-search-index-based-on-fields/55025/3 "2017-07-05T22:37:09Z")

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