The provided expression [.kibana] matches an alias, specify the corresponding concrete indices instead

Question

I am trying to remove `.kibana` index, but when I do that I am getting following error

```java
$ curl -XDELETE localhost:9200/.kibana

{
	"error": {
		"root_cause": [{
			"type": "illegal_argument_exception",
			"reason": "The provided expression [.kibana] matches an alias, specify the corresponding concrete indices instead."
		}],
		"type": "illegal_argument_exception",
		"reason": "The provided expression [.kibana] matches an alias, specify the corresponding concrete indices instead."
	},
	"status": 400
}
```

Karthik Divi · Accepted Answer

`.kibana` is an alias but not the actual index name.

hit the URL `http://localhost:9200/.kibana`

If you seesometing like following

![](https://static.onecompiler.com/images/questions/3x4x6p9bc/Screenshot%202021-07-09%20at%203.23.47%20PM.png)

Then as you can see `.kibana_1` is the actual index name. So you should delete with that like following

```java
$curl -XDELETE localhost:9200/.kibana_1
{"acknowledged":true}
```

This deletes the index

![](https://static.onecompiler.com/images/questions/3x4x6p9bc/Screenshot%202021-07-09%20at%203.24.29%20PM.png)

The provided expression [.kibana] matches an alias, specify the corresponding concrete indices instead

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