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Elasticsearch Guide [8.1] » REST APIs » Snapshot and restore APIs » Delete snapshot API
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Delete snapshot API

Deletes a snapshot.

DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot

Request

DELETE /_snapshot/<repository>/<snapshot>

Prerequisites

  • If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Path parameters

<repository>
(Required, string) Name of the repository to delete a snapshot from.
<snapshot>
(Required, string) Comma-separated list of snapshot names to delete. Also accepts wildcards (*).

Example

The following request deletes snapshot_2 and snapshot_3 from the repository named my_repository.

DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2,snapshot_3

The API returns the following response:

{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
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