# Changing the index store type from memory to default on 1.7
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store-type-from-memory-to-default-on-1-7/41846
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 16, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store-type-from-memory-to-default-on-1-7/41846 "2016-02-16T06:29:46Z")
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### Author:  [@tchan5](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tchan5)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store-type-from-memory-to-default-on-1-7/41846/1 "2016-02-16T06:29:46Z")
I wanted to change the index store type from "memory" to "default" in elasticsearch 1.7 . Since changing the index store type isn't a dynamic setting, I closed the index , changed the store type and opened the index. However the data wasn't recovered after that. Is this the expected behavior ? And if so, how do I retrieve the data ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store-type-from-memory-to-default-on-1-7/41846/2 "2017-07-05T23:16:07Z")