# Cancel a forcemerge operation

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-a-forcemerge-operation/254481
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 6, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-a-forcemerge-operation/254481 "2020-11-06T04:23:27Z")
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### Author: ![sandeepkanabar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sandeepkanabar/32/79399_2.png) [@sandeepkanabar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandeepkanabar)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-a-forcemerge-operation/254481/1 "2020-11-06T04:23:27Z")

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Is there a way to `cancel` and on-going `[_forcemerge](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/indices-forcemerge.html#indices-forcemerge)` operation?

ES Version 6.8.6.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-a-forcemerge-operation/254481/2 "2020-11-06T04:32:24Z")

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No, there's not.

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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, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-a-forcemerge-operation/254481/3 "2020-12-04T04:32:31Z")

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