[[indices-delete-data-stream]]
=== Delete data stream API
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<titleabbrev>Delete data stream</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing data stream along with its backing indices.

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

PUT /_data_stream/my-data-stream
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// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
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DELETE _data_stream/my-data-stream
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[source,console]
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DELETE /_index_template/template
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// TEST[continued]
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[[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 or wildcard expression of data stream(s) to delete.