How to delete document types in elasticsearch?

Question

I create an index \"myindex\" with a specified document type \"mytype\". I am able to delete the index, but it appears that \"mytype\" still exists without being tied to the

Answer 1

In the latest version of elastic search, they no longer support deleting document types. It's mentioned in the documentation

It is no longer possible to delete the mapping for a type. Instead you should delete the index and recreate it with the new mappings.