# Curator Closed Index Deletion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-closed-index-deletion/150260>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 27, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-closed-index-deletion/150260 "2018-09-27T21:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![cappy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@cappy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cappy)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-closed-index-deletion/150260/1 "2018-09-27T21:19:10Z")

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It seems like I can use a filtertype of `age` to grab closed indices if I want to run a delete action , however, it seems I cannot use a filtertype of `space`.

I've read that Elasticsearch cannot determine the size of closed indices, so I would imagine then, that you cannot delete closed indices by `disk_space`.

It this a correct assumption?

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-closed-index-deletion/150260/2 "2018-09-27T22:24:28Z")

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That is correct. I'm assuming you read [that part of the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/filtertype_space.html#_deleting_indices_by_space).

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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 25, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-closed-index-deletion/150260/3 "2018-10-25T22:24:30Z")

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Closed on October 25, 2018, 10:24pm UTC

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