# Delete index but it getting created again **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-but-it-getting-created-again/66603 "2016-11-19T00:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![piyush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@piyush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/piyush)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-but-it-getting-created-again/66603/1 "2016-11-19T00:39:01Z")
Hi Team, I deleted a month older indexes but now i see it's getting created again. I believe filebeat maintains registry\_file and was not expecting to re-send log data. Filbeat configuration are default, i configured prospectors only. Please suggest how can i delete indexes, can i put logic in logstash conf to filter old file at all? Month older log files still exists in the file system, that's another issue i am fixing now. Thanks & Regards, Piyush Tekade ---
**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:** [November 19, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-but-it-getting-created-again/66603/2 "2016-11-19T03:05:26Z")
The best way would be to have a conditional filter in your config to drop the data ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-but-it-getting-created-again/66603/3 "2016-12-17T03:06:05Z")
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