diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java
index bb8c9c9fc..be501ef30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java
@@ -203,13 +203,21 @@ public interface ElasticsearchOperations {
 
 	/**
 	 * Deletes an index for given entity
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param clazz
 	 * @param <T>
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	<T> boolean deleteIndex(Class<T> clazz);
 
+	/**
+     * Deletes a type in an index
+     *
+     * @param index
+     * @param type
+     */
+    void deleteType(String index, String type);
+
 	/**
 	 * check if index is exists
 	 * 
@@ -219,6 +227,15 @@ public interface ElasticsearchOperations {
 	 */
 	<T> boolean indexExists(Class<T> clazz);
 
+    /**
+     * check if type is exists in an index
+     *
+     * @param index
+     * @param type
+     * @return
+     */
+     boolean typeExists(String index, String type);
+
 	/**
 	 * refresh the index
 	 * 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 3b8d57cb8..74cb3be86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationConfig;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.delete.DeleteMappingRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.put.PutMappingRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkItemResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequestBuilder;
@@ -252,6 +253,12 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
         return indexExists(getPersistentEntityFor(clazz).getIndexName());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean typeExists(String index, String type) {
+        return client.admin().cluster().prepareState().execute().actionGet()
+                .getState().metaData().index(index).mappings().containsKey(type);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <T> boolean deleteIndex(Class<T> clazz) {
         String indexName = getPersistentEntityFor(clazz).getIndexName();
@@ -261,6 +268,15 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void deleteType(String index, String type){
+        Map mappings = client.admin().cluster().prepareState().execute().actionGet()
+                .getState().metaData().index(index).mappings();
+        if (mappings.containsKey(type)) {
+            client.admin().indices().deleteMapping(new DeleteMappingRequest(index).type(type)).actionGet();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String delete(String indexName, String type, String id) {
         return client.prepareDelete(indexName, type, id).execute().actionGet().getId();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
index 7bdad91dd..4603266a7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilders.boolFilter;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilders.termFilter;
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.fieldQuery;
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery;
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.termQuery;
+import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
@@ -829,4 +827,26 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateTests {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldDeleteSpecifiedTypeFromAnIndex() {
+        // given
+        String documentId = randomNumeric(5);
+        SampleEntity sampleEntity = new SampleEntity();
+        sampleEntity.setId(documentId);
+        sampleEntity.setMessage("some message");
+        sampleEntity.setVersion(System.currentTimeMillis());
+
+        IndexQuery indexQuery = new IndexQuery();
+        indexQuery.setId(documentId);
+        indexQuery.setObject(sampleEntity);
+
+        elasticsearchTemplate.index(indexQuery);
+
+        // when
+        elasticsearchTemplate.deleteType("test-index","test-type");
+
+        //then
+        boolean typeExists = elasticsearchTemplate.typeExists("test-index", "test-type");
+        assertThat(typeExists, is(false));
+    }
 }