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[[delete-async-eql-search-api]]
=== Delete async EQL search API
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<titleabbrev>Delete async EQL search</titleabbrev>
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-eql[EQL APIs].
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Deletes an <<eql-search-async,async EQL search>> or a
<<eql-search-store-sync-eql-search,stored synchronous EQL search>>. The API also
deletes results for the search.

[source,console]
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DELETE /_eql/search/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=
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// TEST[skip: no access to search ID]

[[delete-async-eql-search-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /_eql/search/<search_id>`

[[delete-async-eql-search-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, only the following users can
use this API to delete a search:

** Users with the `cancel_task` <<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>>
** The user who first submitted the search

* See <<eql-required-fields>>.

[[delete-async-eql-search-api-limitations]]
===== Limitations

See <<eql-syntax-limitations,EQL limitations>>.

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

`<search_id>`::
(Required, string)
Identifier for the search to delete.
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A search ID is provided in the <<eql-search-api,EQL search API>>'s response for
an <<eql-search-async,async search>>. A search ID is also provided if the
request's <<eql-search-api-keep-on-completion,`keep_on_completion`>> parameter
is `true`.