[[indices-delete-alias]]
=== Delete index alias API
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<titleabbrev>Delete index alias</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing index alias.

include::{docdir}/glossary.asciidoc[tag=index-alias-desc]

[source,console]
----
DELETE /twitter/_alias/alias1
----
// TEST[setup:twitter]
// TEST[s/^/PUT twitter\/_alias\/alias1\n/]

[[delete-alias-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /<index>/_alias/<alias>`

`DELETE /<index>/_aliases/<alias>`


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

`<index>`::
(Required, string)
Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of index names
used to limit the request.
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To include all indices in the cluster,
use a value of `_all` or `*`.

`<alias>`::
(Required, string)
include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index-alias]
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To delete all aliases,
use a value of `_all` or `*`.


[[delete-alias-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

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