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Delete snapshot lifecycle policy API

Deletes an existing snapshot lifecycle policy.

Request

DELETE /_slm/policy/<snapshot-lifecycle-policy-id>

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_slm cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Description

Deletes the specified lifecycle policy definition. This prevents any future snapshots from being taken but does not cancel in-progress snapshots or remove previously-taken snapshots.

Path parameters

<policy-id>
(Required, string) ID of the snapshot lifecycle policy to delete.

Examples

DELETE /_slm/policy/daily-snapshots
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