# Delete elasticsearch index using logstash output/filter plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-elasticsearch-index-using-logstash-output-filter-plugin/185632>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 13, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-elasticsearch-index-using-logstash-output-filter-plugin/185632 "2019-06-13T12:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lakshmanan\_Karthik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Lakshmanan\_Karthik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lakshmanan_Karthik)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-elasticsearch-index-using-logstash-output-filter-plugin/185632/1 "2019-06-13T12:00:01Z")

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i need to delete elasticsearch index before insert data. any option is available for logstsah output/filter plugin. i tried some error occur.

please help me

// output {  
http {  
http\_method =\> "delete"  
url =\> "[http://localhost:9200/testdata](http://localhost:9200/testdata)"  
format =\> "json"  
content\_type =\> "application/json"  
}   
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"]  
index =\> "testdata"  
}

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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 11, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-elasticsearch-index-using-logstash-output-filter-plugin/185632/2 "2019-07-11T12:00:07Z")

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