# DeleteRequest Throttling

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleterequest-throttling/199869>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleterequest-throttling/199869 "2019-09-17T17:59:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![gormanst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@gormanst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gormanst)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleterequest-throttling/199869/1 "2019-09-17T17:59:23Z")

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I just noticed the DeleteByQuery API has a [throttling](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete-by-query.html#_throttling_delete_requests) mechanism. Do I need to worry about when using RestHighLevelClient.bulkAsync and deleting several thousand documents in an index?

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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:** [October 15, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleterequest-throttling/199869/2 "2019-10-15T17:59:27Z")

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Closed on October 15, 2019, 5:59pm UTC

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