# Deleting A document from a Index\[\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521 "2018-03-19T09:36:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Piyushpky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@Piyushpky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Piyushpky)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521/1 "2018-03-19T09:36:22Z")

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Hello,  
I want to delete a specific document from an Index how can I do that?  
Thanks.

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**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:** [March 19, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521/2 "2018-03-19T16:00:10Z")

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Call:

```auto
DELETE index/doc/id

```

Like:

```auto
PUT index/doc/1
{
  "foo": "bar"
}
DELETE index/doc/1

```

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**Author:** ![Piyushpky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@Piyushpky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Piyushpky)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521/3 "2018-03-20T04:28:41Z")

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I know the index but I don't know the doc and id.  
How to get that details?  
Thanks.

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**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:** [March 20, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521/4 "2018-03-20T08:05:35Z")

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What do you know about the document?

May you are looking for the delete by query feature?

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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:** [April 17, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-a-document-from-a-index/124521/5 "2018-04-17T08:05:38Z")

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