# Auto import dangling indices to "no"
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 27, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577 "2017-02-27T05:43:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@vamshikrishna\_imp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vamshikrishna_imp)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577/1 "2017-02-27T05:43:36Z")
I would like to make Auto import dangling indices to "no", can anyone please help me out here, how to do it and which file i need to change. Can you tell me the file location.
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### Author:  [@jkuang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jkuang)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577/2 "2017-02-27T17:46:58Z")
You can add
```auto
gateway.local.auto_import_dangled: no
```
in the elasticsearch.yml and restart ES.
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### Author:  [@vamshikrishna\_imp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vamshikrishna_imp)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577/3 "2017-02-28T05:07:42Z")
Hi jkuang, thanks for your responce.
I've added "gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled: no" to elasticsearch.yml. It is working
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577/4 "2017-03-28T05:07:48Z")
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