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How do I remove indexed data? Such as specific data source?

clyde772
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How I can I remove specfic indexed data from an exsiting data index?

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Simeon
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Splunk Employee

You can delete specific indexed data using the delete command. So in your case, you might do:

sourcetype=my_sourcetype | delete

Note that you will need to have the can_delete role and that this process is irreversible. This will NOT create disk space.

rroberts
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Splunk Employee
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