delete-snapshot.md

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Delete snapshot

Introduced 1.0 {: .label .label-purple }

Deletes a snapshot from a repository.

• To learn more about snapshots, see Snapshots.

• To view a list of your repositories, see cat repositories.

• To view a list of your snapshots, see cat snapshots.

Path parameters

Parameter	Data type	Description
repository	String	Repostory that contains the snapshot.
snapshot	String	Snapshot to delete.

Example request

The following request deletes a snapshot called my-first-snapshot from the my-opensearch-repo repository:

DELETE _snapshot/my-opensearch-repo/my-first-snapshot

{% include copy-curl.html %}

Example response

Upon success, the response returns the following JSON object:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}

To verify that the snapshot was deleted, use the Get snapshot API, passing the snapshot name as the snapshot path parameter. {: .note}