# Delete index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index/324016>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index/324016 "2023-01-26T11:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mezzetto\_mezzetto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mezzetto_mezzetto/32/116428_2.png) [@mezzetto\_mezzetto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mezzetto_mezzetto)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index/324016/1 "2023-01-26T11:19:17Z")

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Hi all, I'm newbie on elastic. I've a custom installation an I need to free storage space; I've a rollover policy that creates a new index after 30 days or if it reach 50GB; I have 14 index, if I try to close a very old index, I have that kibana error: index [.ds-filebeat-8.2.2-2022.06.15-000001] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/4/index closed]; I tried to close an index before delete it for be shure don't make damages. Now if I delete the same index I will have same error in kibana? Thanks a lot

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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:** [February 23, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-index/324016/2 "2023-02-23T11:19:20Z")

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