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Delete snapshot repository API

Unregisters one or more snapshot repositories.

When a repository is unregistered, Elasticsearch only removes the reference to the location where the repository is storing the snapshots. The snapshots themselves are left untouched and in place.

DELETE /_snapshot/my_repository

Request

DELETE /_snapshot/<repository>

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Path parameters

<repository>: (Required, string) Name of the snapshot repository to unregister. Wildcard (*) patterns are supported.

Query parameters

master_timeout: (Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.
timeout: (Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

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