Delete an alias | Elasticsearch API documentation

Delete an alias Generally available

DELETE /{index}/_aliases/{name}

Removes a data stream or index from an alias.

index string | array[string] Required

Comma-separated list of data streams or indices used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*).
name string | array[string] Required

Comma-separated list of aliases to remove. Supports wildcards (*). To remove all aliases, use * or _all.

master_timeout string

Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Values are -1 or 0.
timeout string

Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

Values are -1 or 0.

200 application/json
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- acknowledged boolean Required
  
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

DELETE /{index}/_aliases/{name}

DELETE my-data-stream/_alias/my-alias

resp = client.indices.delete_alias(
    index="my-data-stream",
    name="my-alias",
)

const response = await client.indices.deleteAlias({
  index: "my-data-stream",
  name: "my-alias",
});

response = client.indices.delete_alias(
  index: "my-data-stream",
  name: "my-alias"
)

$resp = $client->indices()->deleteAlias([
    "index" => "my-data-stream",
    "name" => "my-alias",
]);

curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/my-data-stream/_alias/my-alias"