--
:api: delete-template
:request: DeleteIndexTemplateRequest
:response: AcknowledgedResponse
--

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=== Delete Template API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Request

The Delete Template API allows you to delete an index template.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> The name of an index template to delete.

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Response

The returned +{response}+ indicates if the delete template request was received.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> Whether or not the delete template request was acknowledged.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]