# Delete type in index using java api
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936 "2017-07-05T15:00:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@v.kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/v.kumar)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936/1 "2017-07-05T15:00:54Z")
Hi All,
I want to one type in index but not mapping. I am using ES 2.2 . How can i do that.
Using curl I can do like
DELETE /indexName/type/\_query
{
"query": {
"match": {
"hd": "Open"
}
}
}
I cant find how can i do with Java api. Please suggest
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936/2 "2017-07-05T15:03:47Z")
Here is the doc for 5.4: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/java-docs-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/java-docs-delete-by-query.html)
Not sure how it differs for older version though.
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### Author:  [@v.kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/v.kumar)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936/3 "2017-07-05T15:05:04Z")
BulkByScrollResponse , DeleteByQueryAction these are not there in old version
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936/4 "2017-07-05T21:18:14Z")
DeleteByQuery was a plugin before 5.0.
So you probably need to add it to the transport client as well if you want to use it.
May be read as well:
> [@Deleteing data results related to a query using Java API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteing-data-results-related-to-a-query-using-java-api/56466):
>
> I am trying to delete certain data according to a search result. I am using elasticsearch version 2.3 with an embedded server. I've managed to do this with the delete-by-query plugin with the standalone server as follows but it seems that we can't use plugins with the embedded server. DeleteByQueryResponse delete = new DeleteByQueryRequestBuilder(client, DeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE) .setIndices(ES\_INDEX\_NAME) .setTypes(ES\_RECORD\_TYPE) .setQuery(QueryBuilders.boolQuery()…
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-type-in-index-using-java-api/91936/5 "2017-08-02T21:18:17Z")
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