# About clean\_removed in Filebeat 5.0.0-alpha5

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-clean-removed-in-filebeat-5-0-0-alpha5/59949>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-clean-removed-in-filebeat-5-0-0-alpha5/59949 "2016-09-07T08:34:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-clean-removed-in-filebeat-5-0-0-alpha5/59949/10 "2016-09-12T08:41:45Z")

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Hello @ruflin .  
Thanks a lot.  
I' using Filebeat 5.0.0-alpha5. Remember [Can Filebeat watch for new files created in a directory?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-filebeat-watch-for-new-files-created-in-a-directory/57811) 🙂 ?

Log files are created but not removed. I just want old files to be ignored.  
Let me know if you need more info.

It will be hard for me to test, unless you release another alpha6 .deb...

Thanks in advance !

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