Delete snapshots

DELETE /_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}

Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Required authorization

Cluster privileges: manage

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Response

application/json

Examples

A successful response from DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2,snapshot_3. The request deletes snapshot_2 and snapshot_3 from the repository named my_repository.

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2,snapshot_3

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.snapshot.delete({
  repository: "my_repository",
  snapshot: "snapshot_2,snapshot_3",
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.snapshot.delete(
    repository="my_repository",
    snapshot="snapshot_2,snapshot_3",
)

curl Shell

curl -X DELETE "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2,snapshot_3" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.snapshot().delete(d -> d
    .repository("my_repository")
    .snapshot(List.of("snapshot_2","snapshot_3"))
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.Snapshot.DeleteAsync(repository: "my_repository", snapshot: new[] { "snapshot_2", "snapshot_3" });

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->snapshot()->delete([
    "repository" => "my_repository",
    "snapshot" => "snapshot_2,snapshot_3",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.snapshot.delete(
  repository: "my_repository",
  snapshot: "snapshot_2,snapshot_3"
)

Response

{
  "acknowledged" : true
}

Required authorization

Path Parameters { repository , snapshot , }

Query Parameters { master_timeout , wait_for_completion , }

Response

Path Parameters

Query Parameters