# Delete index by query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-by-query/321789>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 21, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-by-query/321789 "2022-12-21T16:48:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ammar\_Khan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ammar_khan1/32/98091_2.png) [@Ammar\_Khan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ammar_Khan1)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-by-query/321789/1 "2022-12-21T16:48:46Z")

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I want to delete indexes that are older than 7 days old and also possess 0 docs in it by DSL query.

if anybody know, kindly let me know

Thanks

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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:** [December 21, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-by-query/321789/2 "2022-12-21T19:55:41Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

You should use [ILM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html) for index management.

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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:** [January 18, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index-by-query/321789/3 "2023-01-18T19:56:26Z")

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