# Index Operation Update and delete existing records in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-operation-update-and-delete-existing-records-in-elastic-search/69413>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-operation-update-and-delete-existing-records-in-elastic-search/69413 "2016-12-19T09:39:05Z")\
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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:** [December 19, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-operation-update-and-delete-existing-records-in-elastic-search/69413/3 "2016-12-19T09:57:58Z")

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Update is like an index operation. Just send again the same request and you're done.  
Delete. What did you try so far?

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