# Delete from read indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-from-read-indexes/275919>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 15, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-from-read-indexes/275919 "2021-06-15T02:49:56Z")\
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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 15, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-from-read-indexes/275919/11 "2021-06-15T04:33:04Z")

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Then using ILM for this doesn't make any sense.  
Use a single index and then just update the existing document.

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