# Delete documents in Elasticsearch from Logstash
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-documents-in-elasticsearch-from-logstash/328679
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 28, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-documents-in-elasticsearch-from-logstash/328679 "2023-03-28T07:04:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@oo\_eyad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oo_eyad)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-documents-in-elasticsearch-from-logstash/328679/1 "2023-03-28T07:04:59Z")
I have an index in Elasticsearch where the UID is automatically generated, I want to delete documents by query but from Logstash. I am trying different ways like http output plugin, is it the correct option to do so? or Is there any other ways to do it from Logstash?
'input {
stdin {
type =\> "foo"
}
}
output {
http {
url =\> "\*\*\*\*\*/test\_ind/\_delete\_by\_query?conflicts=proceed"
http\_method =\> "post"
format =\> "message"
content\_type =\> "application/json; charset=UTF-8"
message =\> '{"query": { "match\_all": {}}}'
headers =\> {"Authorization" =\> "ApiKey \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*"}
ssl\_supported\_protocols =\> "['TLSv1.2', 'TLSv1.3', 'TLSv1.1']"
```
}
```
}'
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### Author:  [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-documents-in-elasticsearch-from-logstash/328679/2 "2023-03-29T14:36:53Z")
I suppose using http output plugin is a good option.
Is there any problem?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-documents-in-elasticsearch-from-logstash/328679/3 "2023-04-26T14:37:50Z")
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