[role="xpack"]
[[indices-delete-data-stream]]
=== Delete data stream API
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<titleabbrev>Delete data stream</titleabbrev>
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Deletes one or more <<data-streams,data streams>> and their backing
indices. See <<delete-a-data-stream>>.

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[source,console]
----
PUT /_index_template/template
{
  "index_patterns": ["my-data-stream*"],
  "template": {
    "mappings": {
      "properties": {
        "@timestamp": {
          "type": "date"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "data_stream": {
    "timestamp_field": "@timestamp"
  }
}

PUT /_data_stream/my-data-stream
----
// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
----
DELETE /_data_stream/my-data-stream
----

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[source,console]
----
DELETE /_index_template/template
----
// TEST[continued]
////

[[delete-data-stream-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /_data_stream/<data-stream>`


[[delete-data-stream-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<data-stream>`::
(Required, string)
Name of the data stream to delete.
Wildcard (`*`) expressions are supported.