---
type: api
title: Delete IP geolocation database configurations
description: ## Required authorization
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-ingest-delete-ip-location-database
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-ingest-delete-ip-location-database
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# Delete IP geolocation database configurations

Availability: 8.15+

## Paths

- `DELETE` `/_ingest/ip_location/database/{id}`

- [Api key auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/authentication#apikeyauth)
- [Basic auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/authentication#basicauth)
- [Bearer auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/authentication#bearerauth)

#### Path Parameters

- `id` (union Id | [] Id)
  A comma-separated list of IP location database configurations.

## Description



## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `manage`

## Query String Parameters

- `master_timeout` (string Duration · default: 30s)
  The period to wait for a connection to the master node.
If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
A value of `-1` indicates that the request should never time out.
- `timeout` (string Duration · default: 30s)
  The period to wait for a response.
If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
A value of `-1` indicates that the request should never time out.

## Response

`application/json`

- `acknowledged` (boolean)
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
## Code Examples

#### Console

```console
DELETE /_ingest/ip_location/database/my-database-id
```

#### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await client.ingest.deleteIpLocationDatabase({
  id: "my-database-id",
});
```

#### Python

```python
resp = client.ingest.delete_ip_location_database(
    id="my-database-id",
)
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X DELETE "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_ingest/ip_location/database/my-database-id" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"
```

#### Java

```java
client.ingest().deleteIpLocationDatabase(d -> d
    .id("my-database-id")
);
```

#### C#

```c#
var response = await client.Ingest.DeleteIpLocationDatabaseAsync(id: new[] { "my-database-id" });
```

#### PHP

```php
$resp = $client->ingest()->deleteIpLocationDatabase([
    "id" => "my-database-id",
]);
```

#### Ruby

```ruby
response = client.ingest.delete_ip_location_database(
  id: "my-database-id"
)
```