# Archive/close/delete indexes/logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 20, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767 "2017-02-20T15:47:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![joshg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@joshg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshg)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767/1 "2017-02-20T15:47:46Z")

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Please advise how I can archive/close/delete indexes/logs that are a certain age?

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767/2 "2017-02-20T16:12:26Z")

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Look into [Elasticsearch Curator](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/index.html).

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**Author:** ![joshg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@joshg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshg)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767/3 "2017-02-20T16:17:04Z")

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Thanks, can this be used on cloud.elastic?

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767/4 "2017-02-20T16:51:36Z")

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Yes. So long as the Cloud instance IP is reachable you can run Curator from anywhere.

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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:** [March 20, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/archive-close-delete-indexes-logs/75767/5 "2017-03-20T16:52:16Z")

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