This API deletes a configured collection of auto-follow patterns.

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have manage_ccr cluster privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information, see Security privileges.

This example deletes an auto-follow pattern collection named my_auto_follow_pattern:

DELETE /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern

The API returns the following result:

{
  "acknowledged" : true
}