# How to delete UNASSIGNED .watches?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-unassigned-watches/110091
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-unassigned-watches/110091 "2017-12-04T06:40:44Z")
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### Author: ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-unassigned-watches/110091/8 "2017-12-08T09:48:00Z")

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try to delete by running `curl -X DELETE http://xxx:9200/.watches*`

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