[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[ilm-delete-lifecycle]]
=== Delete Lifecycle Policy API
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<titleabbrev>Delete Policy</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing lifecycle policy

==== Request

`DELETE _ilm/policy/<policy>`

==== Description

Deletes an existing lifecycle policy

==== Path Parameters

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

==== Request Parameters

`timeout`::
  (time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for the completion of the 
  DELETE operation. When this period of time elapses, the API fails and returns
  an error. The default value is `30s`. For more information about time units, 
  see <<time-units>>.

`master_timeout`::
  (time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for the connection with master.
  When this period of time elapses, the API fails and returns an error.
  The default value is `30s`. For more information about time units, see <<time-units>>.


==== Examples

The following example deletes an existing policy named `my_policy`:

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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": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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// CONSOLE
// TEST

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DELETE _ilm/policy/my_policy
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

If the request does not encounter errors, you receive the following result:

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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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// CONSOLE
// TESTRESPONSE