# Is there any way to cascade delete a doc?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-cascade-delete-a-doc/4443>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-cascade-delete-a-doc/4443 "2011-05-20T08:22:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elvis\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elvis_2/32/3225_2.png) [@elvis\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elvis_2)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-cascade-delete-a-doc/4443/1 "2011-05-20T08:22:17Z")

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Hello!  
Is there any way to cascade remove doc from index with all related  
docs in child types?

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**Author:** ![medcl\_net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@medcl\_net](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/medcl_net)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-cascade-delete-a-doc/4443/2 "2011-05-24T04:19:12Z")

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you may use delete by query,  
[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/delete-by-query.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/delete-by-query.html)

-----原始邮件-----  
From: Elvis  
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 4:22 PM  
To: users  
Subject: Is there any way to cascade delete a doc?

Hello!  
Is there any way to cascade remove doc from index with all related  
docs in child types?

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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 6, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-cascade-delete-a-doc/4443/3 "2017-07-06T04:05:30Z")

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