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Delete Mappingedit

Allow to delete a mapping (type) along with its data. The REST endpoints are

[DELETE] /{index}/{type}

[DELETE] /{index}/{type}/_mapping

[DELETE] /{index}/_mapping/{type}

where

`index`	`* \| _all \| glob pattern \| name1, name2, …`
`type`	`* \| _all \| glob pattern \| name1, name2, …`

Note, most times, it make more sense to reindex the data into a fresh index compared to delete large chunks of it.