# Dangling\_index\_imported
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-imported/96046
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 7, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-imported/96046 "2017-08-07T06:00:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-imported/96046/1 "2017-08-07T06:00:48Z")
How can i wipe of my entire elasticsearch. I am trying to delete all the data from my test elasticsearch. I can use the rest api to delete all of them and it says it worked. But after couple of minutes the shards seem to re appear with the following message.
```
"current_state": "unassigned",
"unassigned_info": {
"reason": "DANGLING_INDEX_IMPORTED",
"at": "2017-08-07T05:53:02.119Z",
"last_allocation_status": "no_valid_shard_copy"
},
"can_allocate": "no_valid_shard_copy",
"allocate_explanation": "cannot allocate because a previous copy of the primary shard existed but can no longer be found on the nodes in the cluster",
"node_allocation_decisions": [
```
How can i delete everything in ES.
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### Author:  [@s1monw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s1monw)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-imported/96046/2 "2017-08-11T09:23:51Z")
you are saying: `But after couple of minutes the shards` do you start up a new node in that time? Also what version of ES are you using?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-index-imported/96046/3 "2017-09-08T09:24:01Z")
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