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Delete Search Application

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Delete Search Application

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This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

Removes a Search Application and its associated alias. Indices attached to the Search Application are not removed.

Request

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DELETE _application/search_application/<name>

Prerequisites

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Requires the manage_search_application cluster privilege. Also requires manage privileges on all indices that are included in the Search Application.

Path parameters

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<name>
(Required, string)

Response codes

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400
The name was not provided.
404 (Missing resources)
No Search Application matching name could be found.

Examples

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The following example deletes the Search Application named my-app:

DELETE _application/search_application/my-app/
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