# Can't delete index template **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 3, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-index-template/344310 "2023-10-03T12:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toddcarv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@toddcarv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/toddcarv)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-index-template/344310/1 "2023-10-03T12:46:07Z")
Using Kibana 8.8.1 and ES 8.8.1 I deleted an index template as follows and it was acknowledged: ```auto DELETE /_index_template/my_template ``` However, when I run the following the template is still there: ```auto GET /_cat/templates?v ``` Why is this happening? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-index-template/344310/2 "2023-10-03T13:08:30Z")
Could you share the output of the cat template call? And what's the output of ``` GET /_index_template/my_template ``` ---
**Author:** ![toddcarv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@toddcarv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/toddcarv)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-index-template/344310/3 "2023-10-03T13:12:52Z")
Sure. I need to clarify that the template I deleted was called 'template\_tip'. It was acknowledged. And I can repeat this behavior with other templates. Basically I'm unable to delete a template, or so it seems. Also I see a bunch of dot indices that I don't remember seeing before I upgrading to v8. Can you help understand where those came from? ```auto name index_patterns order version composed_of .monitoring-alerts-7 [.monitoring-alerts-7] 0 8080099 template_kml [kml-*] 0 .monitoring-es [.monitoring-es-7-*] 0 8080099 template_platform_status [platform-status-*] 0 .monitoring-kibana [.monitoring-kibana-7-*] 0 8080099 .monitoring-beats [.monitoring-beats-7-*] 0 8080099 template_tip [tip-*] 0 template_activity [activity-*] 0 2 .monitoring-logstash [.monitoring-logstash-7-*] 0 8080099 .fleet-files [.fleet-files-*-*] 200 1 [] .alerts-observability.slo.alerts-default-index-template [.internal.alerts-observability.slo.alerts-default-*] 7 [.alerts-observability.slo.alerts-mappings, .alerts-legacy-alert-mappings, .alerts-framework-mappings] .monitoring-ent-search-mb [.monitoring-ent-search-8-*] 0 8000108 [] behavioral_analytics-events-default [behavioral_analytics-events-*] 100 1 [behavioral_analytics-events-settings, behavioral_analytics-events-mappings] .alerts-observability.metrics.alerts-default-index-template [.internal.alerts-observability.metrics.alerts-default-*] 7 [.alerts-ecs-mappings, .alerts-observability.metrics.alerts-mappings, .alerts-legacy-alert-mappings, .alerts-framework-mappings] .monitoring-es-mb [.monitoring-es-8-*] 0 8000108 [] .slm-history [.slm-history-5*] 2147483647 5 [] .alerts-observability.logs.alerts-default-index-template [.internal.alerts-observability.logs.alerts-default-*] 7 [.alerts-ecs-mappings, .alerts-observability.logs.alerts-mappings, .alerts-legacy-alert-mappings, .alerts-framework-mappings] apm-source-map [.apm-source-map] 0 1 [] logs [logs-*-*] 100 2 [logs-mappings, data-streams-mappings, logs-settings] .watch-history-16 [.watcher-history-16*] 2147483647 16 [] .monitoring-beats-mb [.monitoring-beats-8-*] 0 8000108 [] .monitoring-kibana-mb [.monitoring-kibana-8-*] 0 8000108 [] .fleet-file-data [.fleet-file-data-*-*] 200 1 [] synthetics [synthetics-*-*] 100 2 [synthetics-mappings, data-streams-mappings, synthetics-settings] .alerts-observability.uptime.alerts-default-index-template [.internal.alerts-observability.uptime.alerts-default-*] 7 [.alerts-observability.uptime.alerts-mappings, .alerts-legacy-alert-mappings, .alerts-framework-mappings] .kibana-event-log-8.8.1-template [.kibana-event-log-8.8.1-*] 0 [] .ml-state [.ml-state*] 2147483647 8080199 [] ilm-history [ilm-history-5*] 2147483647 5 [] .monitoring-logstash-mb [.monitoring-logstash-8-*] 0 8000108 [] .ml-anomalies- [.ml-anomalies-*] 2147483647 8080199 [] metrics [metrics-*-*] 100 2 [metrics-mappings, data-streams-mappings, metrics-settings] .ml-notifications-000002 [.ml-notifications-000002] 2147483647 8080199 [] .deprecation-indexing-template [.logs-deprecation.*] 1000 1 [.deprecation-indexing-mappings, .deprecation-indexing-settings] .ml-stats [.ml-stats-*] 2147483647 8080199 [] .alerts-observability.apm.alerts-default-index-template [.internal.alerts-observability.apm.alerts-default-*] 7 [.alerts-observability.apm.alerts-mappings, .alerts-legacy-alert-mappings, .alerts-framework-mappings] .alerts-security.alerts-default-index-template [.internal.alerts-security.alerts-default-*] 7 [.alerts-ecs-mappings, .alerts-security.alerts-mappings, .alerts-legacy-alert-mappings, .alerts-framework-mappings] ``` ---
**Author:** ![toddcarv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@toddcarv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/toddcarv)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-index-template/344310/4 "2023-10-03T13:18:43Z")
Sorry you said cat so I misunderstood. I think you want this output: ```auto { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "resource_not_found_exception", "reason": "index template matching [template_tip] not found" } ], "type": "resource_not_found_exception", "reason": "index template matching [template_tip] not found" }, "status": 404 } ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-index-template/344310/5 "2023-10-31T13:19:27Z")
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