# Clone an Index Elasticsearch 6.7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 24, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-an-index-elasticsearch-6-7/229729 "2020-04-24T21:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![karanmig12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@karanmig12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karanmig12)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-an-index-elasticsearch-6-7/229729/1 "2020-04-24T21:28:57Z")
What's the best way to clone index in Elasticsearch 6.7 ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Belluccini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca_belluccini/32/33239_2.png) [@Luca\_Belluccini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luca_Belluccini)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-an-index-elasticsearch-6-7/229729/2 "2020-04-24T22:15:29Z")
Snapshot the index and restore it in the same cluster using the rename functionality: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshots-restore-snapshot.html#snapshots-restore-snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshots-restore-snapshot.html#snapshots-restore-snapshot) Otherwise, you can do a reindex, but you're actually reindexing all the documents: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-reindex.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-reindex.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-an-index-elasticsearch-6-7/229729/3 "2020-05-22T22:15:29Z")
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