[[index-patterns-api-delete]]
=== Delete index pattern API
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Delete index pattern
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experimental[] Delete {kib} index patterns.
WARNING: Once you delete an index pattern, _it cannot be recovered_.
[[index-patterns-api-delete-request]]
==== Request
`DELETE :/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/`
`DELETE :/s//api/index_patterns/index_pattern/`
[[index-patterns-api-delete-path-params]]
==== Path parameters
`space_id`::
(Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If `space_id` is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.
`id`::
(Required, string) The ID of the index pattern you want to delete.
[[index-patterns-api-delete-response-codes]]
==== Response code
`200`::
Indicates that index pattern is deleted. Returns an empty response body.
==== Example
Delete an index pattern object with the `my-pattern` ID:
[source,sh]
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$ curl -X DELETE api/index_patterns/index_pattern/my-pattern
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