# Curator: Should I exclude System Indicies

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264 "2017-10-09T21:44:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jnpetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jnpetty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jnpetty)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264/1 "2017-10-09T21:44:24Z")

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I want Curator to delete all indicies after 60 days, but should I exclude some of the system indicies?

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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:** [October 9, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264/2 "2017-10-09T22:14:54Z")

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Absolutely, yes! If you don't, even your `.kibana` index will be deleted (or at least a delete attempted).

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**Author:** ![jnpetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jnpetty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jnpetty)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264/3 "2017-10-09T22:31:25Z")

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So I only need to worry about `.kibana`? What about `.watches`,`.watcher-history`, `.triggered_watches`, and anything starting with`.monitoring`?

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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:** [October 9, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264/4 "2017-10-09T22:32:56Z")

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All of those. I said,

> _even_ your .kibana index will be deleted

It was meant to be inclusive. It was not clear, and I'm sorry for the confusion.

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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:** [November 6, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-should-i-exclude-system-indicies/103264/5 "2017-11-06T22:33:02Z")

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