Delete an alias

Auth

Removes a data stream or index from an alias.

Required privileges

index union string | string[] required: Comma-separated list of data streams or indices used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*).
name union string | string[] required: Comma-separated list of aliases to remove. Supports wildcards (*). To remove all aliases, use * or _all.

master_timeout string · default: 30s: 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.
timeout string · default: 30s: Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

application/json

acknowledged boolean required: For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
errors boolean The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Generally available since 8.14 This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.: If true, at least one alias action failed. The request still returns HTTP 200.