# Deleting index with % in its name **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 24, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-with-in-its-name/9811 "2012-11-24T14:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Dooley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@James\_Dooley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Dooley)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-with-in-its-name/9811/1 "2012-11-24T14:04:58Z")
I am using logstash to store logs in ElasticSearch, and I noticed last night that it created an index with a variable in its name. %{account}-2012.11.23 I fixed the issue on the server, but I am not able to delete the index using Head or the API. Head does not respond and the API says the index is missing: {"error":"IndexMissingException[[�count-2012.11.23] missing]","status":404} What is going to be the best way to remove this index? I did attempt to escape the %{} symbols but it did not seem to help at all. -- ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-with-in-its-name/9811/2 "2012-11-25T00:09:36Z")
Did you try to urlencode these symbols? If not try running this command on any elasticsearch node: curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/%25{account}-2012.11.23](http://localhost:9200/%25%7Baccount%7D-2012.11.23)' On Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:04:58 AM UTC-5, James Dooley wrote: > I am using logstash to store logs in Elasticsearch, and I noticed last > night that it created an index with a variable in its name. > > %{account}-2012.11.23 > > I fixed the issue on the server, but I am not able to delete the index > using Head or the API. Head does not respond and the API says the index is > missing: > > {"error":"IndexMissingException[[�count-2012.11.23] missing]","status":404} > > What is going to be the best way to remove this index? > > I did attempt to escape the %{} symbols but it did not seem to help at all. -- ---
**Author:** ![James\_Dooley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@James\_Dooley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Dooley)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-with-in-its-name/9811/3 "2012-11-27T13:34:33Z")
Looks like that did the trick, I thought I had tried that at one point, probably typod something. Thanks for the fix. On Saturday, November 24, 2012 7:09:36 PM UTC-5, Igor Motov wrote: > Did you try to urlencode these symbols? If not try running this command on > any elasticsearch node: > > curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/%25{account}-2012.11.23](http://localhost:9200/%25%7Baccount%7D-2012.11.23)' > > On Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:04:58 AM UTC-5, James Dooley wrote: > > > I am using logstash to store logs in Elasticsearch, and I noticed last > > night that it created an index with a variable in its name. > > > > %{account}-2012.11.23 > > > > I fixed the issue on the server, but I am not able to delete the index > > using Head or the API. Head does not respond and the API says the index is > > missing: > > > > {"error":"IndexMissingException[[�count-2012.11.23] > > missing]","status":404} > > > > What is going to be the best way to remove this index? > > > > I did attempt to escape the %{} symbols but it did not seem to help at > > all. -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-with-in-its-name/9811/4 "2017-07-06T03:02:44Z")