# Terms query using \_delete\_by\_query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terms-query-using-delete-by-query/161465>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terms-query-using-delete-by-query/161465 "2018-12-19T07:38:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![esdev3114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@esdev3114](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esdev3114)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terms-query-using-delete-by-query/161465/1 "2018-12-19T07:38:00Z")

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Hi,

Could someone please let me know whether we can use terms query for deleting list of documents based on the given unique identification values using \_delete\_by\_query in ES.

Thanks,  
Subhashini

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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:** [January 16, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terms-query-using-delete-by-query/161465/2 "2019-01-16T07:38:02Z")

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