# How to delete event data in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 16, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871 "2016-02-16T10:45:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![michelecappelletti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@michelecappelletti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelecappelletti)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/1 "2016-02-16T10:45:27Z")

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Hi,

i tried various ways to delete event data in elasticsearch, like:

curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/\_all/\_search](http://localhost:9200/_all/_search)' -d  
{...}

then i tried this way, but i don't understand the usage, i mean: which tool or plugin shoud i use to send request like the ones explained in the link??  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.2/delete-by-query-usage.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.2/delete-by-query-usage.html)

thanks

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**Author:** ![Camilo\_Sierra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/camilo_sierra/32/14397_2.png) [@Camilo\_Sierra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Camilo_Sierra)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/2 "2016-02-16T10:47:05Z")

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what is your version of ES ? ( after like is empty 😕 )

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**Author:** ![michelecappelletti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@michelecappelletti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelecappelletti)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/3 "2016-02-16T10:49:47Z")

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sorry, i push enter while i was still writing the post :))

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**Author:** ![michelecappelletti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@michelecappelletti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelecappelletti)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/4 "2016-02-16T10:50:10Z")

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i use the latest version of ES

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**Author:** ![Camilo\_Sierra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/camilo_sierra/32/14397_2.png) [@Camilo\_Sierra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Camilo_Sierra)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/5 "2016-02-16T10:55:12Z")

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In ES 2.x for Delete you need to use a plugin.

install the plugin : [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.0/plugins-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.0/plugins-delete-by-query.html)

```
and hear is how you can use : 
    DELETE /twitter/tweet/_query
    {
      "query": { (1)
        "term": {
          "user": "kimchy"
        }
      }
    }
```

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**Author:** ![michelecappelletti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@michelecappelletti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michelecappelletti)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/6 "2016-02-16T12:12:18Z")

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Ok, thanks, i did it via sense

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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, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-event-data-in-elastic-search/41871/7 "2017-07-05T23:16:04Z")

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