# Problem to install delete-by-query plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086 "2017-09-11T16:07:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![joao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao/32/83447_2.png) [@joao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joao)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086/1 "2017-09-11T16:07:44Z")

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Hello,

I've a problem to install the delete-by-query plugin. When I try to install the plugin the elasticsearch returns this message:

[root@homologacaoes bin]# ./elasticsearch-plugin install delete-by-query  
A tool for managing installed elasticsearch plugins

## Commands

list - Lists installed elasticsearch plugins  
install - Install a plugin  
remove - Removes a plugin from elasticsearch

Non-option arguments:  
command

Option Description

* * *

-h, --help show help  
-s, --silent show minimal output  
-v, --verbose show verbose output  
ERROR: Unknown plugin delete-by-query

This is my elastichsearch version:  
[root@homologacaoes bin]# curl -X GET '[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)'  
{  
"name" : "UJJh0LR",  
"cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch",  
"cluster\_uuid" : "G0KkKVZ7TGaK6ykVKzpKyQ",  
"version" : {  
"number" : "5.3.0",  
"build\_hash" : "3adb13b",  
"build\_date" : "2017-03-23T03:31:50.652Z",  
"build\_snapshot" : false,  
"lucene\_version" : "6.4.1"  
},  
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"  
}

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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:** [September 11, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086/2 "2017-09-11T16:39:25Z")

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Delete by query is builtin. No need for a plugin: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.3/docs-delete-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.3/docs-delete-by-query.html)

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**Author:** ![joao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao/32/83447_2.png) [@joao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joao)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086/3 "2017-09-11T18:41:47Z")

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Thank you very much, its working...  
I've been using the Kibana Dev Tools and this option didn't show, so I thought that was necessary to install.

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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:** [September 11, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086/4 "2017-09-11T19:02:52Z")

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Did you try a more recent version of the stack like 5.5 or 5.6?

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**Author:** ![joao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao/32/83447_2.png) [@joao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joao)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086/5 "2017-09-12T12:02:36Z")

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Yes, my version is 5.6.

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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:** [October 10, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-to-install-delete-by-query-plugin/100086/6 "2017-10-10T12:03:00Z")

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