# Ml jobs stuck in deleting state

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-stuck-in-deleting-state/239912>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-machine-learning\
**Created:** [July 5, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-stuck-in-deleting-state/239912 "2020-07-05T08:02:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![liorg2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-stuck-in-deleting-state/239912/1 "2020-07-05T08:02:37Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to remove these limbo ml jobs. interface doesn't allow that.  
any advice will be appreciated

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/1/a1f946e790035a58e1a930516539ba9e21fbffbd.png)

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**Author:** ![richcollier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richcollier/32/115035_2.png) [@richcollier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richcollier)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-stuck-in-deleting-state/239912/2 "2020-07-06T13:26:52Z")

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Try:

`POST _ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/_close?force=true`

Then delete

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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:** [August 3, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-stuck-in-deleting-state/239912/3 "2020-08-03T13:26:56Z")

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