# Can not to delete snapshots **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 24, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-to-delete-snapshots/220615 "2020-02-24T09:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Armin\_Braun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/armin_braun/32/20092_2.png) [@Armin\_Braun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Armin_Braun)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-to-delete-snapshots/220615/2 "2020-02-24T11:01:06Z")
This looks to me like a duplicate of > [@Delete\_snapshot action fails, get() takes at least 2 arguments (2 given)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-snapshot-action-fails-get-takes-at-least-2-arguments-2-given/219934): > > Hi, We have the following action file for curator: --- actions: 1: action: delete\_snapshots description: \>- Delete snapshots older than 6 months for all logstash snapshots options: repository: sealikrebak01 disable\_action: False timeout\_override: 10000 ignore\_empty\_list: True filters: - filtertype: pattern kind: prefix value: snapshot- exclude: - filtertype: age source: creation\_date direction: older un… maybe see if the suggestions in there help you --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-to-delete-snapshots/220615)._