To delete a document in an Elasticsearch data stream
To delete a document in an Elasticsearch data stream, you can use the _delete API. However, data streams work a bit differently from regular indices in Elasticsearch. A document in a data stream is generally stored across multiple backing indices, so you must first find the specific backing index and document ID. Here are the steps to delete a document from an Elasticsearch data stream: Steps to delete a document from a data stream: Find the document's index : Search the data stream to find the document and note the _index and _id values. Use a query like this: GET /<data-stream-name>/_search { "query" : { "match" : { "<field>" : "<value>" } } } Replace <data-stream-name> , <field> , and <value> with appropriate values. From the result, note the _index (which will be a backing index) and the document's _id . Delete the document : Once you have the document’s _index ...