Remove policies from an index Added in 6.6.0

POST /{index}/_ilm/remove
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Remove the assigned lifecycle policies from an index or a data stream's backing indices. It also stops managing the indices.

Path parameters

  • index string Required

    The name of the index to remove policy on

Responses

POST /{index}/_ilm/remove 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/{index}/_ilm/remove' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response when removing a lifecycle policy from an index. 
{
  "has_failures" : false,
  "failed_indexes" : []
}