Delete a legacy index template

Deprecated

DELETE /_template/{name}

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IMPORTANT: This documentation is about legacy index templates, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in Elasticsearch 7.8.

Required authorization

Cluster privileges: manage_index_templates

Parameters

path Path Parameters

Name	Type
`name` required The name of the legacy index template to delete. Wildcard (`*`) expressions are supported.	type TypesName = string

query Query Parameters

Name	Type
`master_timeout` 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.	type TypesDuration = string \| "-1" \| "0"
`timeout` Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.	type TypesDuration = string \| "-1" \| "0"

Responses

200 application/json

interface TypesAcknowledgedResponseBase {
acknowledged: boolean;
}