Is it possible to delete elasticsearch indexes using a wildcard expression?

Question

I have multiple indexes in my elasticsearch instance and i need to perform some deleting operations over indexes themselves.

For example i have the following indexes:

• bar-2015
• bar-2016
• foo-2007
• foo-2017
• foo-2018
• foo-2019

And i would like to delete all foo-201* matching indexes.

I would like to run something like:

DELETE foo-201*

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible to use wildcards. Check the delete documentation and how to compile multi index request for more details:

Path parameters

(Request, string) Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of indices to delete.