# Change Retention period

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-retention-period/249781>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-retention-period/249781 "2020-09-24T09:09:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Di\_Lembo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/giovanni_di_lembo/32/45714_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Di\_Lembo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giovanni_Di_Lembo)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-retention-period/249781/1 "2020-09-24T09:09:19Z")

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Hi there and sorry for my poor english.  
My question : is there a way to change retention time of data (if exists a way).

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**Author:** ![kavierkoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kavierkoo/32/86555_2.png) [@kavierkoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kavierkoo)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-retention-period/249781/2 "2020-09-24T10:12:32Z")

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Have a look at Index Lifecycle Management (ILM)

Hope this will help you

> **[ILM: Manage the index lifecycle | Elasticsearch Reference \[7.9\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html)**

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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:** [October 22, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-retention-period/249781/3 "2020-10-22T10:12:40Z")

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