Delete a lifecycle policy

DELETE /_ilm/policy/{policy}

You cannot delete policies that are currently in use. If the policy is being used to manage any indices, the request fails and returns an error.

Required authorization

Authentication

Api key

Authorization: <value>

Elasticsearch APIs support key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example:

		curl -X GET "${ES_URL}/_cat/indices?v=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"

To get API keys, use the /_security/api_key APIs.

Basic

Authorization: Basic <credentials>

Bearer

Authorization: Bearer <token>

Elasticsearch APIs support the use of bearer tokens in the Authorization HTTP header to authenticate with the API. For examples, refer to Token-based authentication services

Path parameters

Query parameters

Response

application/json

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

DELETE _ilm/policy/my_policy

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.ilm.deleteLifecycle({
  name: "my_policy",
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.ilm.delete_lifecycle(
    name="my_policy",
)

curl Shell

curl -X DELETE "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_ilm/policy/my_policy" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.ilm().deleteLifecycle(d -> d
    .name("my_policy")
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.IndexLifecycleManagement.DeleteLifecycleAsync(name: "my_policy");

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->ilm()->deleteLifecycle([
    "policy" => "my_policy",
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.ilm.delete_lifecycle(
  policy: "my_policy"
)

Response

A successful response when deleting a lifecycle policy.

{
  "acknowledged": true
}