# Delete Indices action remove Index patterns from Kibana dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-action-remove-index-patterns-from-kibana-dashboard/197907>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-action-remove-index-patterns-from-kibana-dashboard/197907 "2019-09-03T16:26:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ab\_Avramidis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ab_avramidis/32/51514_2.png) [@Ab\_Avramidis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ab_Avramidis)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-action-remove-index-patterns-from-kibana-dashboard/197907/1 "2019-09-03T16:26:35Z")

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Hi,

I delete my old indices from Elasticsearch and I noticed that this action also delete (remove) the index pattern that I had created on Kibana dashboard.

Can anyone explain me how those actions connected and why that happened?  
And if so, how I can delete my old indices without delete the created patterns ?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-action-remove-index-patterns-from-kibana-dashboard/197907/2 "2019-09-04T15:47:30Z")

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Hello,

Index Patterns are stored in Saved Objects, Saved Objects are written to your .kibana index. If you delete the .kibana index, you'll lose the associated Saved Objects as well. You can read more about the Saved Objects API [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html). If you wanted to do something like export an index pattern for potential use in a new .kibana index, you can read about that [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html).

Hope that helps!

Regards,  
Aaron

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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:** [October 2, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-action-remove-index-patterns-from-kibana-dashboard/197907/3 "2019-10-02T15:47:35Z")

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