--
:api: ilm-delete-lifecycle-policy
:request: DeleteLifecyclePolicyRequest
:response: AcknowledgedResponse
--

[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Delete Lifecycle Policy API


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

The Delete Lifecycle Policy API allows you to delete an Index Lifecycle
Management Policy from the cluster.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> The policy named `my_policy` will be deleted.

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

The returned +{response}+ indicates if the delete lifecycle policy 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 lifecycle policy request was acknowledged.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]