# Unable to delete documents from full index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-delete-documents-from-full-index/379266>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** reindex\
**Created:** [June 17, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-delete-documents-from-full-index/379266 "2025-06-17T20:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-delete-documents-from-full-index/379266/2 "2025-06-17T21:07:16Z")

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> [@Delete\_by\_query number of documents Error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-number-of-documents-error/257737):
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> Hi, I run this code: POST topf/\_delete\_by\_query?conflicts=proceed&max\_docs=500000 { "query": { "range": { "time": { "gte": "2020-09-18T03:00:00", "lte": "2020-09-18T04:00:00" } } } } I get this response: { "took": 197, "timed\_out": false, "total": 500000, "deleted": 0, "batches": 1, "version\_conflicts": 0, "noops": 0, "retries": { "bulk": 0, "search": 0 }, "throttled\_millis": 0, "requests\_per\_second": -1, "throttled\_until…

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