Delete an async SQL search

  • DELETE /_sql/async/delete/{id}
Auth

Delete an async SQL search or a stored synchronous SQL search. If the search is still running, the API cancels it.

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the following users can use this API to delete a search:

  • Users with the cancel_task cluster privilege.
  • The user who first submitted the search.

Required authorization

Cluster privileges cancel_task

Path parameters

id string required

The identifier for the search.

Response

application/json
acknowledged boolean required

For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.