# How to delete all documents of one type from elasticsearch 2.4 index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 21, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-all-documents-of-one-type-from-elasticsearch-2-4-index/63614 "2016-10-21T12:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abhi\_chinchole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@abhi\_chinchole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhi_chinchole)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-all-documents-of-one-type-from-elasticsearch-2-4-index/63614/1 "2016-10-21T12:49:27Z")
I am trying to delete all documents of one type from index. I have tried many commands but no success. How to do it in elasticsearch 2.4 ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-all-documents-of-one-type-from-elasticsearch-2-4-index/63614/2 "2016-10-21T12:57:15Z")
See the delete by query plugin [1]. Also, pay special attention to the warnings associated with its use [2] [1] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/delete-by-query-usage.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/delete-by-query-usage.html) [2] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/delete-by-query-plugin-reason.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/delete-by-query-plugin-reason.html) ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-all-documents-of-one-type-from-elasticsearch-2-4-index/63614/3 "2017-07-05T22:10:34Z")