# CCR - update settings for soft\_delete.enable

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ccr-update-settings-for-soft-delete-enable/244848
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ccr-cross-cluster-replication
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ccr-update-settings-for-soft-delete-enable/244848 "2020-08-13T10:00:27Z")
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### Author: ![aoi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@aoi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aoi1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ccr-update-settings-for-soft-delete-enable/244848/1 "2020-08-13T10:00:28Z")

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Hi everyone!  
I am now trying to use Cross Cluster Replication. It sounds powerful, good, and looks like a good way for replicating indexes.  
There is one question. As the document says, we need to set the leader index's `index.soft_deletes.enabled` to true, and to update the setting, we need to create a new index or reindex.  
I would like to know if there is any other way(includes unsupported ways) to update the `index.soft_deletes.enabled` setting to true.  
My Elasticsearch cluster is now version 6.8, and I can upgrade it to 7.x if needed.  
Huge thanks ahead.  
Aoi

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### Author: ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ccr-update-settings-for-soft-delete-enable/244848/2 "2020-08-13T14:23:22Z")

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> [@aoi1](#):
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> I would like to know if there is any other way(includes unsupported ways) to update the `index.soft_deletes.enabled` setting to true.

Nope, you can only set this setting at index creation.

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### Author: ![aoi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@aoi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aoi1)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ccr-update-settings-for-soft-delete-enable/244848/3 "2020-08-14T04:42:53Z")

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> Nope, you can only set this setting at index creation.

Okay😭  
Thanks for your reply!

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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: [September 11, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ccr-update-settings-for-soft-delete-enable/244848/4 "2020-09-11T04:42:54Z")

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