# What is the best way to delete document from a massive index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-delete-document-from-a-massive-index/44362>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-delete-document-from-a-massive-index/44362 "2016-03-14T19:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-delete-document-from-a-massive-index/44362/2 "2016-03-15T04:31:12Z")

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The method you are using here is the recommended way - [Delete by query is not deleting documents from an Index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-by-query-is-not-deleting-documents-from-an-index/44360)

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