Delete the lifecycle of a data stream

Delete the lifecycle of a data stream

New API reference

For the most up-to-date API details, refer to Data stream APIs.

Deletes the lifecycle from a set of data streams.

Prerequisites

• If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_data_stream_lifecycle index privilege or higher to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Request

DELETE _data_stream/<data-stream>/_lifecycle

Description

Deletes the lifecycle from the specified data streams. If multiple data streams are provided but at least one of them does not exist, then the deletion of the lifecycle will fail for all of them and the API will respond with 404.

Path parameters

<data-stream>

(Required, string) Comma-separated list of data streams used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams use * or _all.

Query parameters

expand_wildcards

(Optional, string) Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are:

• all, hidden

  Match any data stream, including hidden ones.

  open, closed

  Matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.

  none

  Wildcard patterns are not accepted.

Defaults to open.

Examples

The following example deletes the lifecycle of my-data-stream:

resp = client.indices.delete_data_lifecycle(
    name="my-data-stream",
)
print(resp)

response = client.indices.delete_data_lifecycle(
  name: 'my-data-stream'
)
puts response

const response = await client.indices.deleteDataLifecycle({
  name: "my-data-stream",
});
console.log(response);

DELETE _data_stream/my-data-stream/_lifecycle

When the policy is successfully deleted from all selected data streams, you receive the following result:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}