DELETE _ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>

All job configuration, model state and results are deleted.

Deleting a job must be done via this API only. Do not delete the job directly from the .ml-* indices using the Elasticsearch delete document API. When Elasticsearch security features are enabled, make sure no write privileges are granted to anyone over the .ml-* indices.

Before you can delete a job, you must delete the datafeeds that are associated with it. See Delete Datafeeds. Unless the force parameter is used the job must be closed before it can be deleted.

It is not currently possible to delete multiple jobs using wildcards or a comma separated list.

If Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have manage_ml, or manage cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security Privileges.

The following example deletes the total-requests job:

DELETE _ml/anomaly_detectors/total-requests

When the job is deleted, you receive the following results:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}

In the next example we delete the total-requests job asynchronously:

DELETE _ml/anomaly_detectors/total-requests?wait_for_completion=false

When wait_for_completion is set to false, the response contains the id of the job deletion task:

{
  "task": "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A:39"
}