[[delete-pipeline-api]]
=== Delete Pipeline API

The delete pipeline API deletes pipelines by ID or wildcard match (`my-*`, `*`).

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[source,console]
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PUT _ingest/pipeline/my-pipeline-id
{
  "description" : "describe pipeline",
  "version" : 123,
  "processors" : [
    {
      "set" : {
        "field": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    }
  ]
}
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[source,console]
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DELETE _ingest/pipeline/my-pipeline-id
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// TEST[continued]

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[source,console-result]
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{
"acknowledged": true
}
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[source,console]
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PUT _ingest/pipeline/wild-one
{
  "description" : "first pipeline to be wildcard deleted",
  "processors" : [ ]
}

PUT _ingest/pipeline/wild-two
{
  "description" : "second pipeline to be wildcard deleted",
  "processors" : [ ]
}
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[source,console]
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DELETE _ingest/pipeline/*
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[source,console-result]
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{
"acknowledged": true
}
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