# Fastest way to delete specific indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastest-way-to-delete-specific-indexes/99755>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastest-way-to-delete-specific-indexes/99755 "2017-09-07T18:22:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NonameGK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@NonameGK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NonameGK)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastest-way-to-delete-specific-indexes/99755/1 "2017-09-07T18:22:07Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to delete specific index with below lines of code using groovy and grails  
finalIndexName.each {  
// DeleteIndexResponse deleteResponse = client.admin().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest(it)).actionGet() // taking 40-60 seconds  
// deleteResult=client.admin().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest(it)).actionGet(); // 40-60 seconds  
deleteResult=client.admin().indices().prepareDelete(it).get(); // 20-30 seconds  
}

but both are take minimum 40 seconds for 25 index.

please help me to bulk delete in less time

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**Author:** ![mujtabahussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mujtabahussain/32/17514_2.png) [@mujtabahussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mujtabahussain)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastest-way-to-delete-specific-indexes/99755/2 "2017-09-07T21:11:01Z")

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Have you tried using `cURL` ?

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**Author:** ![NonameGK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@NonameGK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NonameGK)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastest-way-to-delete-specific-indexes/99755/3 "2017-09-08T03:45:24Z")

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i am using grails and groovy. how do i convert curl to my code

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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 6, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fastest-way-to-delete-specific-indexes/99755/4 "2017-10-06T03:45:34Z")

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