[[dangling-index-delete]]
=== Delete dangling index API
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<titleabbrev>Delete dangling index</titleabbrev>
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Deletes a dangling index.

[[dangling-index-delete-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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DELETE /_dangling/<index-uuid>?accept_data_loss=true
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// TEST[skip:Difficult to set up]

[[dangling-index-delete-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.

[[dangling-index-delete-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

include::{es-repo-dir}/indices/dangling-indices-list.asciidoc[tag=dangling-index-description]


Deletes a dangling index by referencing its UUID. Use the
<<dangling-indices-list,List dangling indices API>> to locate the UUID of an index.


[[dangling-index-delete-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<index-uuid>`::
(Required, string)
UUID of the index to delete. You can find this using the
<<dangling-indices-list,List dangling indices API>>.

[[dangling-index-delete-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

`accept_data_loss`::
(Optional, Boolean)
This field must be set to `true` in order to carry out the import, since it will
no longer be possible to recover the data from the dangling index.

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]
