# How to delete multiple documents by id in specific txt file or json using CURL command

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-multiple-documents-by-id-in-specific-txt-file-or-json-using-curl-command/176601
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-multiple-documents-by-id-in-specific-txt-file-or-json-using-curl-command/176601 "2019-04-12T10:29:36Z")
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### Author: ![ali1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ali1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ali1)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-multiple-documents-by-id-in-specific-txt-file-or-json-using-curl-command/176601/1 "2019-04-12T10:29:37Z")

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Hello,

i have a txt file that contains some documents id and i want to execute a curl XDELETE to delete all this documents from my index at once.

my txt file contains ids like this :  
12  
24  
33  
48

do you have any suggestion on how to achieve this action using curl XDELETE cmd ?

Best Regards !

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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: [April 12, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-multiple-documents-by-id-in-specific-txt-file-or-json-using-curl-command/176601/2 "2019-04-12T12:45:01Z")

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You can use [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete-by-query.html) with [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/query-dsl-ids-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/query-dsl-ids-query.html)

Or you can generate a bulk request and use the bulk API: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/docs-bulk.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/docs-bulk.html)

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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: [May 10, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-multiple-documents-by-id-in-specific-txt-file-or-json-using-curl-command/176601/3 "2019-05-10T12:45:11Z")

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