# Delete a legacy index template

**DELETE /_template/{name}**

IMPORTANT: This documentation is about legacy index templates, which are deprecated and will be replaced by the composable templates introduced in Elasticsearch 7.8.

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `manage_index_templates`



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


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **name** (string)
  The name of the legacy index template to delete.
  Wildcard (`*`) expressions are supported.

### Query parameters
- **master_timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a connection to the master node.
  If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
- **timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a response.
  If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: 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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