# Can not restart Elasticsearch service

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-restart-elasticsearch-service/334688
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-restart-elasticsearch-service/334688 "2023-05-30T13:59:05Z")
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#### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-restart-elasticsearch-service/334688/14 "2023-05-31T15:32:14Z")

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If I remove the respective directories under `/mnt/data/` on all the elastic nodes of the cluster will I be able to get started with new data after restart of the services? With the above steps is it possible to break it any further from this point?

Like in this post [255376](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start-nested-elasticsearch-node-state-exception/255376) and [229744](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-from-missing-state-si-file/229744)

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