# Deleting documents using terms query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-documents-using-terms-query/161319>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-documents-using-terms-query/161319 "2018-12-18T12:26:28Z")\
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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:** [December 20, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-documents-using-terms-query/161319/3 "2018-12-20T06:22:18Z")

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Read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and specifically the "Also be patient" part.

It's fine to answer on your own thread after 2 or 3 days (not including weekends) if you don't have an answer.

What is the result when you run this query with \_search?

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