Delete data from elastic search

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Hi,
We are planning to use ELK to capture application logs, i have a question can i delete data in elastic search after 4 months, If possible can you please suggest how to delete data in Elastic search?

Thanks,
veni

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Depending on how you structure your data, let's say you have indexes created / segmented by date, it would be fairly easy to drop those indexes periodically.

This might be the most relevant to your use case:

Other resources:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/retiring-data.html
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index-aliases.html

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