diff --git a/docs/tutorial/IndexerService.md b/docs/tutorial/IndexerService.md
index 5208cc9b30936fdc9c2ebc75fab57e2f47f9fb82..fe5efec94e251a1511532324a76a2022ffe8c652 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/IndexerService.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/IndexerService.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ parent, acl, namespace, type, version, legaltags, index to each record at the ti
 
 * Required roles
 
-  Indexer service requires that users (and service accounts) have dedicated roles in order to use it. Users must be a member of `users.datalake.viewers` or `users.datalake.editors` or `users.datalake.admins`, roles can be assigned using the [Entitlements Service](/solutions/osdu/tutorials/core-services/entitlementsservice). Please look at the API documentation for specific requirements.
+  Indexer service requires that users (and service accounts) have dedicated roles in order to use it. Users must be a member of `users.datalake.viewers` or `users.datalake.editors` or `users.datalake.admins`, `users.datalake.ops` roles can be assigned using the [Entitlements Service](/solutions/osdu/tutorials/core-services/entitlementsservice). Please look at the API documentation for specific requirements.
 
   In addition to service roles, users __must__ be a member of data groups to access the data.
 
@@ -122,6 +122,23 @@ curl --request POST \
 </details>
 
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+## Delete API <a name="delete"></a>
+Delete api is used to delete an index for a specific kind.
+Only users who belong to the Entitlement groups 'users.datalake.ops' can make calls to this API.
+
+```
+DELETE /api/indexer/v2/index?kind=opendes:welldb:wellbore:1.0.0
+```
+
+<details><summary>**Curl**</summary>
+
+```bash
+curl --request DELETE \
+  --url '/api/indexer/v2/index?kind=opendes:welldb:wellbore:1.0.0' \
+  --header 'authorization: Bearer <JWT>' \
+  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
+  --header 'data-partition-id: opendes' 
+```
 
 ## Data Partition provision <a name="data-partition-provision"></a>
 
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java
index 9feff87940140c2f3f7688c0573f973c765842cb..6015414641fbf7a1cbc7f5b3be24af776715d196 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class CleanupIndiciesApi {
   private IndicesServiceImpl indicesService;
 
 
+  private static final String ENTITLEMENT_GROUP = "users.datalake.ops";
 
   @ApiIgnore
   @PostMapping(path = "/index-cleanup", consumes = "application/json")
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public class CleanupIndiciesApi {
   }
 
   @DeleteMapping(value = "/index", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
-  @PreAuthorize("@authorizationFilter.hasPermission('" + SearchServiceRole.ADMIN + "')")
+  @PreAuthorize("@authorizationFilter.hasPermission('" + ENTITLEMENT_GROUP + "')")
   public ResponseEntity deleteIndex(@RequestParam("kind") @NotBlank @ValidKind String kind) {
     String index = elasticIndexNameResolver.getIndexNameFromKind(kind);
     try {