# How to delete a task in Elasticsearch v7.14

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-task-in-elasticsearch-v7-14/283321>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-task-in-elasticsearch-v7-14/283321 "2021-09-03T21:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-task-in-elasticsearch-v7-14/283321/7 "2021-09-07T17:31:35Z")

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So @Tim_Estes

All that said IF you still want to delete that task document (which is probably not necessary)

Execute the following in Kibana Dev Tools

This is simply a document DELETE see [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete.html)  
`DELETE .tasks/task/_doc/<yourtaskid>` .

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