# Flush the particular deleted document in elastic search server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/flush-the-particular-deleted-document-in-elastic-search-server/38836>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/flush-the-particular-deleted-document-in-elastic-search-server/38836 "2016-01-11T06:45:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![lalitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@lalitha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lalitha)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/flush-the-particular-deleted-document-in-elastic-search-server/38836/1 "2016-01-11T06:45:02Z")

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I have deleted particular document. Elastic search maintain version of it. I want to flush that record from elastic search. Is there any way for it?

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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:** [January 11, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/flush-the-particular-deleted-document-in-elastic-search-server/38836/2 "2016-01-11T08:21:41Z")

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It can be done for all deleted documents not only for a single one:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/indices-optimize.html#optimize-parameters](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/indices-optimize.html#optimize-parameters)

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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, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/flush-the-particular-deleted-document-in-elastic-search-server/38836/3 "2017-07-05T23:25:30Z")

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