[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[ilm-remove-policy]]
=== Remove policy from index API
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<titleabbrev>Remove policy</titleabbrev>
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Removes the assigned lifecycle policy from an index.

==== Request

`POST <index>/_ilm/remove`

==== Description

Removes the assigned lifecycle policy and stops managing the specified index.
If an index pattern is specified, removes the assigned policies from all matching
indices.

==== Path Parameters

`index` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the index.

==== Request Parameters

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]

==== Authorization

You must have the `manage_ilm` privileges on the indices being managed to use this API.
For more information, see <<security-privileges>>.

==== Examples

The following example removes the assigned policy from `my_index`.

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[source,console]
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PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "min_age": "10d",
        "actions": {
          "forcemerge": {
            "max_num_segments": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "delete": {
        "min_age": "30d",
        "actions": {
          "delete": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

PUT my_index
{
  "settings": {
    "index.lifecycle.name": "my_policy"
  }
}
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[source,console]
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POST my_index/_ilm/remove
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// TEST[continued]

If the request succeeds, you receive the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "has_failures" : false,
  "failed_indexes" : []
}
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