# Archive and Purge tools for Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-and-purge-tools-for-elasticsearch/17383>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 7, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-and-purge-tools-for-elasticsearch/17383 "2014-05-07T03:18:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vdodla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/439d5e/32.png) [@vdodla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vdodla)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-and-purge-tools-for-elasticsearch/17383/1 "2014-05-07T03:18:52Z")

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Hi  
I have a requirement where i need to delete old records from Elasticsearch Index . Before i delete them i want to archive them to a different location . I see that there are tools for exporting data (elasticsearch-knapsack) and deleting index (curator) . Is there a tool which does following

1. Archive records based on query from an Index
2. Deletes above records from Index after successful Archive operation.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated .

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**Author:** ![vdodla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/439d5e/32.png) [@vdodla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vdodla)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-and-purge-tools-for-elasticsearch/17383/2 "2014-05-07T03:24:48Z")

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Hi  
I have a requirement where i need to delete old records from Elasticsearch Index . Before i delete them i want to archive them to a different location . I see that there are tools for exporting data (elasticsearch-knapsack) and deleting index (curator) . Is there a tool which does following

1. Archive records based on query from an Index
2. Deletes above records from Index after successful Archive operation.

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated .

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-and-purge-tools-for-elasticsearch/17383/3 "2017-07-06T01:31:12Z")

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