elasticsearch/docs/reference/ingest/apis/enrich/delete-enrich-policy.asciidoc

[role="xpack"]
[[delete-enrich-policy-api]]
=== Delete enrich policy API
++++
<titleabbrev>Delete enrich policy</titleabbrev>
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Deletes an existing <<enrich-policy,enrich policy>> and its
<<enrich-index,enrich index>>.

////
[source,console]
----
PUT /users
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "email": { "type": "keyword" }
    }
  }
}

PUT /_enrich/policy/my-policy
{
  "match": {
    "indices": "users",
    "match_field": "email",
    "enrich_fields": [ "first_name", "last_name", "city", "zip", "state" ]
  }
}
----
// TESTSETUP
////

[source,console]
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DELETE /_enrich/policy/my-policy
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[[delete-enrich-policy-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /_enrich/policy/<enrich-policy>`


[[delete-enrich-policy-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

include::put-enrich-policy.asciidoc[tag=enrich-policy-api-prereqs]


[[delete-enrich-policy-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

Use the delete enrich policy API
to delete an existing enrich policy
and its enrich index.

[IMPORTANT]
====
You must remove an enrich policy
from any in-use ingest pipelines
before deletion.
You cannot remove in-use enrich policies.
====


[[delete-enrich-policy-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<enrich-policy>`::
(Required, string)
Enrich policy to delete.