# Elasticsearch can't delete indices with special caracters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cant-delete-indices-with-special-caracters/132625>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 21, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cant-delete-indices-with-special-caracters/132625 "2018-05-21T07:54:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Vladimir\_Fomin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vladimir_fomin/32/31413_2.png) [@Vladimir\_Fomin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Fomin)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cant-delete-indices-with-special-caracters/132625/1 "2018-05-21T07:54:43Z")

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I try to execute this from console `DELETE /%{[@metadata][beat]}-2018.05.19` and get error:

```
{
  "error": {
    "root_cause": [
      {
        "type": "index_not_found_exception",
        "reason": "no such index",
        "resource.type": "index_or_alias",
        "resource.id": "%7B[@metadata][beat]}-2018.05.19",
        "index_uuid": "_na_",
        "index": "%7B[@metadata][beat]}-2018.05.19"
      }
    ],
    "type": "index_not_found_exception",
    "reason": "no such index",
    "resource.type": "index_or_alias",
    "resource.id": "%7B[@metadata][beat]}-2018.05.19",
    "index_uuid": "_na_",
    "index": "%7B[@metadata][beat]}-2018.05.19"
  },
  "status": 404
}

```

But `%{[@metadata][beat]}-2018.05.19` is located in elasticsearch. When I get all indices by `GET /_cat/indices?v` I see `%{[@metadata][beat]}*` indices there.

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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:** [May 21, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cant-delete-indices-with-special-caracters/132625/2 "2018-05-21T08:14:42Z")

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What happens if you try `DELETE *metadata*beat*2018.05.19` ?

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**Author:** ![Vladimir\_Fomin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vladimir_fomin/32/31413_2.png) [@Vladimir\_Fomin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Fomin)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cant-delete-indices-with-special-caracters/132625/3 "2018-05-21T08:22:42Z")

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so it was possible to do it by that way?)  
I do what I want. Thanks you!

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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:** [June 18, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cant-delete-indices-with-special-caracters/132625/4 "2018-06-18T08:22:43Z")

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