[[indices-delete-template-v1]]
=== Delete index template API
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<titleabbrev>Delete index template (legacy)</titleabbrev>
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IMPORTANT: This documentation is about <<indices-templates-v1,legacy index
templates>>, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable
templates introduced in {es} 7.8. For information about composable templates,
see <<index-templates>>.

Deletes a legacy index template.

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[source,console]
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PUT _template/my-legacy-index-template
{
 "index_patterns" : ["te*"],
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1
  }
}
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// TESTSETUP
////

[source,console]
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DELETE /_template/my-legacy-index-template
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[[delete-template-api-v1-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /_template/<legacy-index-template>`

[[delete-template-api-v1-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

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

[[delete-template-api-v1-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<legacy-index-template>`::
(Required, string)
The name of the legacy index template to delete. Wildcard (`*`)
expressions are supported.


[[delete-template-api-v1-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

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