[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache]]
=== Clear cache API
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<titleabbrev>Clear cache</titleabbrev>
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experimental[]

Clear the cache of searchable snapshots.

[[searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`POST /_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear`

`POST /<index>/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear`

[[searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`manage` cluster privilege and the `manage` index privilege
for any included indices to use this API.
For more information, see <<security-privileges>>.

[[searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}


[[searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<index>`::
(Optional, string)
A comma-separated list of index names for which the
searchable snapshots cache must be cleared.


[[searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
////
[source,console]
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PUT /docs
{
    "settings" : {
        "index.number_of_shards" : 1,
        "index.number_of_replicas" : 0
    }
}

PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot?wait_for_completion=true
{
    "include_global_state": false,
    "indices": "docs"
}

DELETE /docs

POST /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot/_mount?wait_for_completion=true
{
  "index": "docs"
}
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// TEST[setup:setup-repository]
////

Clears the cache of the index `docs`:

[source,console]
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POST /docs/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear
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// TEST[continued]