# Audit log rolling file retention question **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 9, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-log-rolling-file-retention-question/283796 "2021-09-09T14:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-log-rolling-file-retention-question/283796/1 "2021-09-09T14:49:12Z")
Our elasticsearch \_audit.json files get rolled over daily to -audit-YYYY-MM-DD.json files and appear to be kept for 8 days. For some test nodes, I'd like to reduce the number of days these are kept for disk space usage. I can't find any place in the audit options or settings that controls the retention, is there a retention days option? This in version 7.13.2 Thanks ---
**Author:** ![sholzhauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sholzhauer/32/110282_2.png) [@sholzhauer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sholzhauer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-log-rolling-file-retention-question/283796/2 "2021-10-04T07:30:23Z")
Hi rugenl, Did you have a look at the log4j configuration options noted in [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/logging.html)? Possibly the `appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.age` option can help you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/audit-log-rolling-file-retention-question/283796/3 "2021-11-01T07:30:59Z")
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