# Clear a scrolling search


**DELETE /_search/scroll/{scroll_id}**

**All methods and paths for this operation:**

<div>
                      <span class="operation-verb delete">DELETE</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_search/scroll</span>
                      </div>
                    <div>
                      <span class="operation-verb delete">DELETE</span>
                      <span class="operation-path">/_search/scroll/{scroll_id}</span>
                      </div>
                    

Clear the search context and results for a scrolling search.

[External documentation](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/paginate-search-results#scroll-search-results)

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


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **scroll_id** (string | array[string])
  A comma-separated list of scroll IDs to clear.
  To clear all scroll IDs, use `_all`.
  IMPORTANT: Scroll IDs can be long. It is recommended to specify scroll IDs in the request body parameter.


### Body: application/json (object)

- **scroll_id** (string | array[string])
  The scroll IDs to clear.
  To clear all scroll IDs, use `_all`.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **succeeded** (boolean)
  If `true`, the request succeeded.
  This does not indicate whether any scrolling search requests were cleared.
- **num_freed** (number)
  The number of scrolling search requests cleared.


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