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# algolia rules delete

> Delete an indices' rules.

```txt Usage theme={"system"}
algolia rules delete <index> --rule-ids <rule-ids> --confirm [flags]
```

## Examples

Delete one single rule with the ID "1" from the "MOVIES" index:

```sh icon=square-terminal theme={"system"}
algolia rules delete MOVIES --rule-ids 1
```

Delete multiple rules with the IDs "1" and "2" from the "MOVIES" index:

```sh icon=square-terminal theme={"system"}
algolia rules delete MOVIES --rule-ids 1,2
```

## Flags

<ParamField body="-y, --confirm">
  Skip confirmation prompt
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="--forward-to-replicas">
  Whether to also delete the rules from the replicas
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="--rule-ids">
  Rule IDs to delete
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="-w, --wait">
  Wait for the operation to complete
</ParamField>

## Output formatting flags

<ParamField body="--allow-missing-template-keys">
  If true, ignore errors in templates due to missing fields or map keys. This only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="-o, --output">
  Output format. One of: (json, jsonl, ndjson, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="--template">
  Template string or path to a template file to use when --output=jsonpath, --output=jsonpath-file.
</ParamField>