[[delete-desired-balance]]
=== Reset desired balance API
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<titleabbrev>Reset desired balance</titleabbrev>
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NOTE: {cloud-only}

Resets the desired balance and starts a new computation from the current allocation.
This API may be used if desired balance computation diverged from the current state
and is trying to move too many shards.

[[delete-desired-balance-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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DELETE /_internal/desired_balance
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// TEST[skip:Can't reliably test desired balance]