# Can't really change "cron schedule for retaining snapshots"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-really-change-cron-schedule-for-retaining-snapshots/263985>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management, snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-really-change-cron-schedule-for-retaining-snapshots/263985 "2021-02-11T10:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![NejcK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nejck/32/81024_2.png) [@NejcK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NejcK)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-really-change-cron-schedule-for-retaining-snapshots/263985/1 "2021-02-11T10:23:34Z")

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Going to Stack Management -\> Snapshot and Restore -\> Policies you see the "The cron schedule for retaining snapshots is: **0 20,50 \* \* \* ?**.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/0/10f01600d2ec70ddddea3fdd0cc6db46528df5ef.png)

I can change the cron schedule (via UI or console, doesn't matter) to a different one (say a daily **0 30 1 \* \* ?** for example), but after a few minutes it gets reverted back to the first (default?) one and I have no idea why or how to change it permanently.

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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:** [March 11, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-really-change-cron-schedule-for-retaining-snapshots/263985/2 "2021-03-11T10:24:00Z")

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