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[[delete-search-application]]
=== Delete Search Application
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<titleabbrev>Delete Search Application</titleabbrev>
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-search_application[Search application APIs].
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Removes a Search Application and its associated alias.
Indices attached to the Search Application are not removed.

[[delete-search-application-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE _application/search_application/<name>`

[[delete-search-application-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

Requires the `manage_search_application` cluster privilege.
Also requires <<privileges-list-indices,manage privileges>> on all indices that are included in the Search Application.

[[delete-search-application-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<name>`::
(Required, string)

[[delete-search-application-response-codes]]
==== {api-response-codes-title}

`400`::
The `name` was not provided.

`404` (Missing resources)::
No Search Application matching `name` could be found.

[[delete-search-application-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example deletes the Search Application named `my-app`:

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[source,console]
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PUT /index1

PUT _application/search_application/my-app
{
  "indices": [ "index1" ],
  "template": {
    "script": {
      "source": {
        "query": {
          "query_string": {
            "query": "{{query_string}}"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
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DELETE _application/search_application/my-app/
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