Removing Data From ElasticSearch

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user687554 picture user687554 · Apr 8, 2014 · Viewed 605k times · Source

I'm new to ElasticSearch. I'm trying to figure out how to remove data from ElasticSearch. I have deleted my indexes. However, that doesn't seem to actually remove the data itself. The other stuff I've seen points to the Delete by Query feature. However, I'm not even sure what to query on. I know my indexes. Essentially, I'd like to figure out how to do a 

DELETE FROM [Index]

From PostMan in Chrome. However, I'm not having any luck. It seems like no matter what I do, the data hangs around. Thus far, I've successfully deleted the indexes by using the DELETE HTTP Verb in PostMan and using a url like:

   http://localhost:9200/[indexName]

However, that doesn't seem to actually remove the data (aka docs) themselves.

Answer

kha picture kha · Jun 20, 2015

If you ever need to delete all the indexes, this may come in handy:

curl -X DELETE 'http://localhost:9200/_all'

Powershell:

Invoke-WebRequest -method DELETE http://localhost:9200/_all

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