# How to delete the child document in the index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-the-child-document-in-the-index/305743>\
**Category:** Meta Elastic\
**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-the-child-document-in-the-index/305743 "2022-05-26T18:28:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Udayaprakash\_S\_10d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/udayaprakash_s_10d/32/105116_2.png) [@Udayaprakash\_S\_10d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Udayaprakash_S_10d)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-the-child-document-in-the-index/305743/1 "2022-05-26T18:28:46Z")

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i am new to the Elasticsearch .i want to delete the child document from the index ,i want the delete query for that

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-the-child-document-in-the-index/305743/2 "2022-05-26T21:46:06Z")

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It's best if you don't create multiple topics for the same question 🙂

> [@Delete child document without parent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-child-document-without-parent/305745):
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> i want to delete the child document in the index with out parent .i want delete query for this

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-the-child-document-in-the-index/305743/3 "2022-05-26T21:46:10Z")

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