# ES2.4 delete\_by\_query with script

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-4-delete-by-query-with-script/106433>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 5, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-4-delete-by-query-with-script/106433 "2017-11-05T15:48:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![dhireng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhireng/32/22800_2.png) [@dhireng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhireng)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-4-delete-by-query-with-script/106433/1 "2017-11-05T15:48:12Z")

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Hi All,  
will a delete by query with a groovy script in the queryDSL work in ES2.4? My query returns the data I want but a delete returns found:false.  
any ideas?

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**Author:** ![dhireng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhireng/32/22800_2.png) [@dhireng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhireng)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-4-delete-by-query-with-script/106433/2 "2017-11-05T21:16:08Z")

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my DELETE URI incorrectly ended with \_search instead of \_query

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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:** [December 3, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-4-delete-by-query-with-script/106433/3 "2017-12-03T21:16:36Z")

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Closed on December 3, 2017, 9:16pm UTC

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