[[delete-snapshot-api]]
=== Delete snapshot API
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<titleabbrev>Delete snapshot</titleabbrev>
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.New API reference
[sidebar]
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-snapshot[Snapshot and restore APIs].
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Deletes a <<snapshot-restore,snapshot>>.

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[source,console]
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PUT /_snapshot/my_repository
{
  "type": "fs",
  "settings": {
    "location": "my_backup_location"
  }
}

PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot?wait_for_completion=true

PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2?wait_for_completion=true

PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_3?wait_for_completion=true
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// TESTSETUP
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[source,console]
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DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot
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[[delete-snapshot-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /_snapshot/<repository>/<snapshot>`

[[delete-snapshot-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.

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

`<repository>`::
(Required, string)
Name of the repository to delete a snapshot from.

`<snapshot>`::
(Required, string)
Comma-separated list of snapshot names to delete. Also accepts wildcards (`*`).

[[delete-snapshot-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=master-timeout]

`wait_for_completion`::
(Optional, Boolean) If `true`, the request returns a response when the matching
snapshots are all deleted. If `false`, the request returns a response as soon as
the deletes are scheduled. Defaults to `true`.

[[delete-snapshot-api-example]]
==== {api-example-title}

The following request deletes `snapshot_2` and `snapshot_3` from the repository named `my_repository`.

[source,console]
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DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2,snapshot_3
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The API returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
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