# Automatically delete old indexes on ElasticCloud

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 6, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570 "2018-11-06T15:22:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kungfu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kungfu/32/35380_2.png) [@kungfu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kungfu)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570/1 "2018-11-06T15:22:31Z")

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Hello, people.

I'm using an ElasticCloud instance.

I was searching for a way to automatically delete old indexes in ES. But the only tool I found is a script called Curator.

Since I'm using an ElasticCloud instance I'd like to have a native way to do deletion, and not rely on an external tool/server.

Is there a native way in ElasticCloud to delete indexes older than a certain date?

Thanks.

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570/2 "2018-11-06T15:36:36Z")

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Index Lifecycle Management is coming soon.

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**Author:** ![kungfu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kungfu/32/35380_2.png) [@kungfu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kungfu)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570/3 "2018-11-06T16:44:23Z")

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Thanks, Aaron... so, I understand that the only way by now is Curator or any kind of custom script that uses the ES API, am I right?

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570/4 "2018-11-06T16:57:42Z")

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That’s correct.

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**Author:** ![kungfu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kungfu/32/35380_2.png) [@kungfu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kungfu)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570/5 "2018-11-06T17:15:28Z")

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Thanks, Aaron

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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:** [December 4, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-delete-old-indexes-on-elasticcloud/155570/6 "2018-12-04T17:15:29Z")

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