# Cancel restore snapshot
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190 "2020-03-26T12:16:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@ELJIE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELJIE)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/1 "2020-03-26T12:16:51Z")
hello, i am doing automation tests on snapshot restore.
I wish I could stop a restoration that is underway.
When I execute the following command:
`GET / _tasks / taskID `
I have the return indicating the id and the action of my task:
`"tasks": { "taskID": { "node": "Node1", "id": 427761143, "type": "transport", "action": "cluster: admin / snapshot / restore", "start_time_in_millis": 1585209521425, "running_time_in_nanos": 10418788830868 }`
then when launching a cancellation:
`POST / _tasks / taskID / _cancel `
I have the following message:
` "reason": "task [taskID] doesn't support cancellation`
How to stop a restore without removing the snapshot?
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/2 "2020-03-26T12:20:35Z")
You should be able to stop the restore by deleting the index that's being restored.
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### Author:  [@ELJIE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELJIE)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/3 "2020-03-26T13:25:37Z")
Thanks to respond to me
Unfortunately when i delete the index
`delete /index-car`
The index is deleted and it is not restored
However the other snapshot index continue their restoration
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/4 "2020-03-26T13:47:20Z")
Yes, if you want to cancel the restoration of multiple indices you must delete them all.
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### Author:  [@ELJIE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELJIE)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/5 "2020-03-26T13:56:46Z")
Yes,
this means that I have to wait until the restoration of each index is done
and then I can delete the indexes
but I cannot use this recipe because I have too many data in the index
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/6 "2020-03-26T14:35:02Z")
I don't think that's true, I think you can delete the index while it's being restored. There is no need to wait for it to be fully restored.
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### Author:  [@ELJIE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELJIE)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/7 "2020-04-07T08:26:28Z")
Yes the recipe works
You have to adapt a bit to recover the index being restored first and then delete it
I have these steps scripted
thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cancel-restore-snapshot/225190/8 "2020-05-05T08:26:29Z")
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