# Clean old indexes automatically in elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 19, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551 "2023-01-19T22:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/1 "2023-01-19T22:35:08Z")
Hello friends, I'm having problems with the storage where elasticsearch is installed... I'm constantly having a full disk. What can I do to delete or clean up old indexes? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/2 "2023-01-19T22:42:07Z")
Hi @Joao_Malebo What version are you on? The problem you describe is exactly what [Index Lifecycle Management](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html) is for. ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/3 "2023-01-19T23:05:03Z")
How are indices named? indexnam\_yyyy.dd perhaps? In that case, you could use curl or job to delete index directly on ES via APIs. This is a workaround. However, ILM is only solution if you want to be a human. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/4 "2023-01-20T13:32:16Z")
The Elasticsearch version is: 8.4.3. Your link looks good, I'll check it out to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/5 "2023-01-20T13:35:12Z")
The indexes are named as follows: green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2023.01.18 yellow open .ds-metricbeat-8.4.3-2023.01.13-000004 Can you share a script you've already made ---
**Author:** ![Joao\_Malebo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_malebo/32/111764_2.png) [@Joao\_Malebo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Malebo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/6 "2023-01-20T16:38:05Z")
Solved: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/1/f1029dd9d06f11885a415119cefb0f06acf35dbb.jpeg "Setting Up Elasticsearch ILM - Index Lifecycle Management") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPO6WzRp6Vo) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clean-old-indexes-automatically-in-elasticsearch/323551/7 "2023-02-17T16:38:13Z")
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