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---
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layout: default
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title: Delete document
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parent: Document APIs
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grand_parent: REST API reference
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nav_order: 15
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---
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# Delete document
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Introduced 1.0
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{: .label .label-purple }
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If you no longer need a document in your index, you can use the delete document API operation to delete it.
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## Example
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```
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DELETE /sample-index1/_doc/1
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```
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## Path and HTTP methods
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```
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DELETE /<index-name>/_doc/<_id>
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```
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## URL parameters
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Parameter | Type | Description | Required
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:--- | :--- | :--- | :---
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<index-name> | String | The index to delete from. | Yes
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<_id> | String | The ID of the document to delete. | Yes
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if_seq_no | Integer | Only perform the delete operation if the document's version number matches the specified number. | No
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if_primary_term | Integer | Only perform the delete operation if the document has the specified primary term. | No
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refresh | Enum | If true, OpenSearch refreshes shards to make the operation visible to searching. Valid options are `true`, `false`, and `wait_for`, which tells OpenSearch to wait for a refresh before executing the operation. Default is false. | No
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routing | String | Value used to route the operation to a specific shard. | No
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timeout | Time | How long to wait for a response from the cluster. | No
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version | Integer | The version of the document to delete, which must match the last updated version of the document. | No
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version_type | Enum | Retrieves a specifically typed document. Available options are `external` (retrieve the document if the specified version number is greater than the document's current version) and `external_gte` (retrieve the document if the specified version number is greater than or equal to the document's current version). For example, to delete version 3 of a document, use `/_doc/1?version=3&version_type=external`. | No
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wait_for_active_shards | String | The number of active shards that must be available before OpenSearch processes the delete request. Default is 1 (only the primary shard). Set to `all` or a positive integer. Values greater than 1 require replicas. For example, if you specify a value of 3, the index must have two replicas distributed across two additional nodes for the operation to succeed. | No
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## Response
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```json
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{
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"_index": "sample-index1",
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"_type": "_doc",
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"_id": "1",
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"_version": 2,
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"result": "deleted",
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"_shards": {
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"total": 2,
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"successful": 2,
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"failed": 0
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},
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"_seq_no": 1,
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"_primary_term": 15
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}
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```
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## Response body fields
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Field | Description
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:--- | :---
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_index | The name of the index.
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_type | The document's type. OpenSearch only supports one type, which is `_doc`.
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_id | The document's ID.
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_version | The document's version.
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_result | The result of the delete operation.
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_shards | Detailed information about the cluster's shards.
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total | The total number of shards.
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successful | The number of shards OpenSearch succssfully deleted the document from.
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failed | The number of shards OpenSearch failed to delete the document from.
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_seq_no | The sequence number assigned when the document was indexed.
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_primary_term | The primary term assigned when the document was indexed.
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