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Delete async SQL search API

Deletes an async SQL search or a stored synchronous SQL search. If the search is still running, the API cancels it.

DELETE _sql/async/delete/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=

Request

DELETE _sql/async/delete/<search_id>

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, only the following users can use this API to delete a search:
- Users with the cancel_task cluster privilege
- The user who first submitted the search

Limitations

See SQL Limitations.

Path parameters

<search_id>: (Required, string) Identifier for the search.

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