# Delete specific data from elastic search index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 2, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-specific-data-from-elastic-search-index/113718 "2018-01-02T04:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vivek\_Nigam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vivek_nigam/32/25094_2.png) [@Vivek\_Nigam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vivek_Nigam)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-specific-data-from-elastic-search-index/113718/1 "2018-01-02T04:27:04Z")
Delete specific data from elastic search data i want to delete specific data like , want to delete data where date is 01012018 from index "mydata" please help ---
**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:** [January 2, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-specific-data-from-elastic-search-index/113718/2 "2018-01-02T06:44:50Z")
May be you want this? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.1/docs-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.1/docs-delete-by-query.html) But if you have time based data, it could be much better to use time based indices (daily index) and simply drop the index. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-specific-data-from-elastic-search-index/113718/3 "2018-01-30T06:45:00Z")
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