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In addition to reading about Elasticsearch DELETE API, we recommend you try running the OpenSearch Error Check-Up which analyzes 2 JSON files to detect many configuration errors.
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Overview
DELETE is an OpenSearch API which removes a document from a specific index. This API requires an index name and _id document to delete the document.
Delete a document
DELETE /my_index/_doc/1
Notes
- A delete request throws 404 error code if the document does not already exist in the index.
- If you want to delete a set of documents that matches a query, you need to use delete by query API.