# Delete an async search

**DELETE /_async_search/{id}**

If the asynchronous search is still running, it is cancelled.
Otherwise, the saved search results are deleted.
If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, the deletion of a specific async search is restricted to: the authenticated user that submitted the original search request; users that have the `cancel_task` cluster privilege.


## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth


## Parameters

#### Path parameters
- **id** (string)
  A unique identifier for the async search.



## Responses
### 200: 

#### Body Parameters: application/json (object)
- **acknowledged** (boolean)
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.


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