# Default retention policy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-retention-policy/308088>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-retention-policy/308088 "2022-06-24T08:39:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![patriczek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patriczek/32/107539_2.png) [@patriczek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patriczek)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-retention-policy/308088/1 "2022-06-24T08:39:06Z")

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Hi,

do we have any way to set up a default retention policy that doesn't affect system indices?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-retention-policy/308088/2 "2022-06-27T01:34:26Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Confirming that you are referring to an ILM policy that you want every index pattern to pickup?

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**Author:** ![patriczek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patriczek/32/107539_2.png) [@patriczek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patriczek)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-retention-policy/308088/3 "2022-06-27T05:56:29Z")

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Hi,

Yes, I'd like to have ILM, which every index pickup by default (except system indices).

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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:** [July 25, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-retention-policy/308088/4 "2022-07-25T05:56:35Z")

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