elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/indices/delete_index.asciidoc

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:api: delete-index
:request: DeleteIndexRequest
:response: DeleteIndexResponse
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=== Delete Index API

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==== Delete Index Request

A +{request}+ requires an `index` argument:

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<1> Index

==== Optional arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

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<1> Timeout to wait for the all the nodes to acknowledge the index deletion as a `TimeValue`
<2> Timeout to wait for the all the nodes to acknowledge the index deletion as a `String`

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<1> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `TimeValue`
<2> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `String`

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<1> Setting `IndicesOptions` controls how unavailable indices are resolved and
how wildcard expressions are expanded

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==== Delete Index Response

The returned +{response}+ allows to retrieve information about the executed
 operation as follows:

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<1> Indicates whether all of the nodes have acknowledged the request

If the index was not found, an `ElasticsearchException` will be thrown:

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<1> Do something if the index to be deleted was not found