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2. Delete all documents from the index. We can delete all the documents from the index using _delete_by_query.
You use DELETE to remove a document from an index. You must specify the index name and document ID. You cannot send deletion requests directly to a data stream. To delete a document in a data stream, you must target the backing index containing the document.
Deleting an index deletes its documents, shards, and metadata. It does not delete related Kibana components, such as data views, visualizations, or dashboards. You cannot delete the current write index of a data stream.
I believe if you combine the delete by query with a match all it should do what you are looking for, something like this (using your example):
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_query' -d '{
"query" : {
"match_all" : {}
}
}'
Or you could just delete the type:
curl -XDELETE http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet
Note: XDELETE is deprecated for later versions of ElasticSearch
The Delete-By-Query plugin has been removed in favor of a new Delete By Query API implementation in core. Read here
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/_delete_by_query?conflicts=proceed&pretty' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
"query": {
"match_all": {}
}
}'
From ElasticSearch 5.x, delete_by_query API is there by default
POST: http://localhost:9200/index/type/_delete_by_query
{
"query": {
"match_all": {}
}
}
You can delete documents from type with following query:
POST /index/type/_delete_by_query
{
"query" : {
"match_all" : {}
}
}
I tested this query in Kibana and Elastic 5.5.2
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