# Delete document in read only Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-document-in-read-only-index/317199>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 21, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-document-in-read-only-index/317199 "2022-10-21T12:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![manupoti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@manupoti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manupoti)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-document-in-read-only-index/317199/1 "2022-10-21T12:53:27Z")

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I have two indexes leader index support read write operations and follower index support read operation only but need to delete document in follower index, How can we delete the documents from follower index?

Please help on this issue/

Regards  
Subrahmanyam

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-document-in-read-only-index/317199/3 "2022-10-21T16:33:16Z")

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Hi @manupoti

If you want to maintain the Leader -\> Follower then delete the document in the Leader Index and then it will be deleted in the follower.

You can not delete documents from directly the follower index while it is still following.

If you break the Leader Follower that is permanent ... you can not unfollower ... delete documents and resume following

The whole point of Cross Cluster Replications is Replicated Indices.

If this is time series data that is a different process once the leader rolls over to a new index ... and new follower will be created and the old follower becomes a normal index

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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 18, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-document-in-read-only-index/317199/4 "2022-11-18T16:33:39Z")

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