 <p>Here is an example of how to delete a solr index with curl:</p> <p><a href="https://gist.github.com/nz/673027" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/nz/673027</a></p> <p>For windows, check this out:</p> <p><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17106996/how-to-post-xml-data-with-curl-using-cmd-in-windows-7">How to post XML data with cURL using cmd in windows 7?</a></p>