# Accidentally deleted .kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accidentally-deleted-kibana/124944>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accidentally-deleted-kibana/124944 "2018-03-21T09:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul1243](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@paul1243](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1243)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accidentally-deleted-kibana/124944/1 "2018-03-21T09:33:52Z")

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Hi,  
I accidentally deleted .kibana index, all my visualizations and dashboards have been deleted. Could someone please help me how to recover it back. Thanks !

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**Author:** ![rcowart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rcowart/32/88091_2.png) [@rcowart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcowart)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accidentally-deleted-kibana/124944/2 "2018-03-21T09:44:17Z")

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Unfortunately you can't. In the future you obviously will want to back up your work. You can either export everything using Management -\> Saved Objects. Or perhaps the better way. Create regular snapshots of .kibana index. You can automate snapshot creation using Curator.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accidentally-deleted-kibana/124944/3 "2018-04-18T09:44:42Z")

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