# Elasticsearch data delete

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413 "2016-10-31T08:32:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/1 "2016-10-31T08:32:00Z")

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Hi,

I want to delete my data on elasticsearch index.

my code:

```
POST titub2/ihale/_delete_by_query
{
  "query": { 
    "match": {
      "dosyaadi": "2014_06-08"
    }
  }
}

```

result:

```
{
      "_index": "titub2",
      "_type": "ihale",
      "_id": "_delete_by_query",
      "_version": 12,
      "_shards": {
        "total": 2,
        "successful": 1,
        "failed": 0
      },
      "created": false
    }

```

it can not be deleted. What is the problem?

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**Author:** ![xavierfacq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xavierfacq/32/8744_2.png) [@xavierfacq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavierfacq)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/2 "2016-10-31T08:48:26Z")

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Hi,

what is your Elasticsearch version ? This is a 5.0 feature.

@see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete-by-query.html)

Bye,  
Xavier

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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:** [October 31, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/3 "2016-10-31T08:49:34Z")

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You just created a document called `_delete_by_query`.

My guess is that you are using elasticsearch 2.x and not 5.0, right?

If so, read: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.4/delete-by-query-usage.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.4/delete-by-query-usage.html)

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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/4 "2016-10-31T08:55:52Z")

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Yes E.S. 2.4.1.

I installed plugin delete\_by\_query :`sudo bin/plugin install delete-by-query`

and my code:

```
DELETE /titub2/ihale/_query
{
  "query": { 
    "term": {
      "dosyaadi": "2014_06-08"
    }
  }
}

```

result:

```
{
  "took": 0,
  "timed_out": false,
  "_indices": {
    "_all": {
      "found": 0,
      "deleted": 0,
      "missing": 0,
      "failed": 0
    }
  },
  "failures": []
}

```

it could not be deleted. How can I do?

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**Author:** ![xavierfacq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xavierfacq/32/8744_2.png) [@xavierfacq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavierfacq)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/5 "2016-10-31T09:04:17Z")

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You must search matching documents, and then delete one by one per document ID , using the Bulk will be the better solution.

@see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/docs-bulk.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/docs-bulk.html)

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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:** [October 31, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/6 "2016-10-31T09:15:57Z")

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Your date is incorrect.

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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/7 "2016-10-31T09:19:16Z")

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'`dosyaadi`' is not date. It is a file name actullay So It is string data type

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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:** [October 31, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/8 "2016-10-31T09:38:14Z")

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What gives the following?

```auto
GET titub2/ihale/_search
{
  "query": { 
    "term": {
      "dosyaadi": "2014_06-08"
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/9 "2016-10-31T10:45:06Z")

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I did:

`DELETE /titub2/ihale/_query?q=dosyaadi:2014_06-08`

It works true.

Thank 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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-delete/64413/10 "2017-07-05T22:08:19Z")

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