diff --git a/search/search.py b/search/search.py
index 6d1da8e..e487cd7 100644
--- a/search/search.py
+++ b/search/search.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import itertools
+
 import elasticsearch
 import time
 from elasticsearch import helpers
@@ -110,27 +112,46 @@ class ElasticSearchEngine(SearchEngine):
     def ping(self):
         return self.es.ping()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def batch(iterable, n=1):
+        l = len(iterable)
+        for ndx in range(0, l, n):
+            yield iterable[ndx:min(ndx + n, l)]
+
     def delete_docs(self, website_id):
 
-        while True:
-            try:
-                logger.debug("Deleting docs of " + str(website_id))
-                self.es.delete_by_query(body={
-                    "query": {
-                        "constant_score": {
-                            "filter": {
-                                "term": {"website_id": website_id}
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }, index=self.index_name, request_timeout=200)
-                break
-            except elasticsearch.exceptions.ConflictError:
-                logger.warning("Error: multiple delete tasks at the same time, retrying in 20s")
-                time.sleep(20)
-            except Exception:
-                logger.warning("Timeout during delete! Retrying in 20s")
-                time.sleep(20)
+        try:
+            logger.debug("Deleting docs of " + str(website_id))
+
+            to_delete = helpers.scan(query={
+                "query": {
+                    "term": {"website_id": website_id}
+                }
+            }, scroll="1m", client=self.es, index=self.index_name, request_timeout=60)
+
+            buf = []
+            counter = 0
+            for doc in to_delete:
+                buf.append(doc)
+                counter += 1
+
+                if counter >= 400:
+                    self._delete(buf)
+                    buf.clear()
+                    counter = 0
+            if counter > 0:
+                self._delete(buf)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(str(e))
+
+    def _delete(self, docs):
+        bulk_string = self.create_bulk_delete_string(docs)
+        result = self.es.bulk(body=bulk_string, index=self.index_name, doc_type="file", request_timeout=30)
+
+        if result["errors"]:
+            logger.error("Error in ES bulk delete: \n" + result["errors"])
+            raise IndexingError
 
     def import_json(self, in_lines, website_id: int):
 
@@ -173,6 +194,11 @@ class ElasticSearchEngine(SearchEngine):
         action_string = '{"index":{}}\n'
         return "\n".join("".join([action_string, ujson.dumps(doc)]) for doc in docs)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_bulk_delete_string(docs: list):
+
+        return "\n".join("".join(["{\"delete\":{\"_id\":\"", doc["_id"], "\"}}"]) for doc in docs)
+
     def search(self, query, page, per_page, sort_order, extensions, size_min, size_max, match_all, fields, date_min,
                date_max) -> {}: