# Deleting by date in 2.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-by-date-in-2-0/40745>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 2, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-by-date-in-2-0/40745 "2016-02-02T15:07:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-by-date-in-2-0/40745/1 "2016-02-02T15:07:35Z")

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I'd like to delete data in a specific index by date.  
I read that the delete by query is no longer available in 2.0

How do I achieve this?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-by-date-in-2-0/40745/2 "2016-02-02T15:14:29Z")

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It has been moved from core Elasticsearch into a [plugin](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.1/plugins-delete-by-query.html), so it is still available.

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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 5, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-by-date-in-2-0/40745/3 "2017-07-05T23:19:37Z")

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