# Deleting multiple kibana documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-multiple-kibana-documents/283267>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-multiple-kibana-documents/283267 "2021-09-03T10:13:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![LL\_FED](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@LL\_FED](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LL_FED)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-multiple-kibana-documents/283267/1 "2021-09-03T10:13:11Z")

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Hi!

I know i can delete single documents with the "Dev-Tool", but is it possible to delete multiple documents at once?

For example I want to delete all documents, which include a specific field.

Thanks for any kind of help!

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-multiple-kibana-documents/283267/2 "2021-09-03T17:28:52Z")

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Hello,

When you are using devtools - you are basically talking directly to elasticsearch.  
Can you try using this

> **[Delete by query API | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.14\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete-by-query.html)**

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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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 1, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-multiple-kibana-documents/283267/3 "2021-10-01T17:29:45Z")

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