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Security Detections API

Delete an alerts index

Spaces method and path for this operation:

<div><span class="operation-verb delete">delete</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/detection_engine/index</span></div>

Refer to Spaces for more information.

Permanently deletes the Elastic Security alerts backing index in the current space, including the alerts stored in it. Use with caution; prefer lifecycle policies or the UI when available. Call GET /api/detection_engine/index first to confirm the index that will be removed.

delete/api/detection_engine/index

Response

Successful response

acknowledgedboolean required