Delete index alias API
Deletes an existing index alias.
An index alias is a secondary name used to refer to one or more existing indices.
Most Elasticsearch APIs accept an index alias in place of an index name.
DELETE /my-index-000001/_alias/alias1
Request
DELETE /<index>/_alias/<alias>
DELETE /<index>/_aliases/<alias>
Path parameters
<index>
(Required, string) Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index names used to limit the request.
To include all indices in the cluster, use a value of _all
or *
.
<alias>
(Required, string) Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index alias names used to limit the request.
To delete all aliases, use a value of _all
or *
.
Query parameters
master_timeout
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s
.
timeout
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s
.