[[index-patterns-api-delete]]
=== Delete index pattern API
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<titleabbrev>Delete index pattern</titleabbrev>
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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 <kibana host>:<port>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<id>`

`DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/index_patterns/index_pattern/<id>`

[[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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