[[cancel-reindex]]
=== Cancel reindex API
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<titleabbrev>Cancel reindex</titleabbrev>
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experimental[] Cancel reindexes that are waiting for the {es} reindex task to complete. For example, `lastCompletedStep` set to `40`.

Cancel reindexes that are waiting for the Elasticsearch reindex task to complete. For example, `lastCompletedStep` set to `40`.

[[cancel-reindex-request]]
==== Request

`POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/upgrade_assistant/reindex/myIndex/cancel`

[[cancel-reindex-response-codes]]
==== Response codes

`200`::
  Indicates a successful call.

[[cancel-reindex-status-example]]
==== Example

The API returns the following:

[source,sh]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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