[role="xpack"]
[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern]]
=== Delete auto-follow pattern API
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<titleabbrev>Delete auto-follow pattern</titleabbrev>
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Delete auto-follow patterns.

[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

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[source,console]
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PUT /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern
{
  "remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
  "leader_index_patterns" :
  [
    "leader_index"
  ],
  "follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-follower"
}
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// TEST[setup:remote_cluster]
// TESTSETUP

//////////////////////////

[source,console]
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DELETE /_ccr/auto_follow/<auto_follow_pattern_name>
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// TEST[s/<auto_follow_pattern_name>/my_auto_follow_pattern/]

[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_ccr` cluster
privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information,
see <<security-privileges>>.

[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API deletes a configured collection of
<<ccr-auto-follow,auto-follow patterns>>.

[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern-path-parms]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<auto_follow_pattern_name>`::
  (Required, string) Specifies the auto-follow pattern collection to delete.

[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

`master_timeout`::
(Optional, <<time-units, time units>>) Specifies the period of time 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. Defaults to `30s`.

[[ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

This example deletes an auto-follow pattern collection named
`my_auto_follow_pattern`:

[source,console]
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DELETE /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern
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// TEST[setup:remote_cluster]

The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
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