# Delete indices by date (Elasticsearch 8.7)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-by-date-elasticsearch-8-7/330750>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-by-date-elasticsearch-8-7/330750 "2023-04-25T14:19:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suren\_Baboyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suren_baboyan/32/119254_2.png) [@Suren\_Baboyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suren_Baboyan)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-by-date-elasticsearch-8-7/330750/1 "2023-04-25T14:19:21Z")

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Hello. I created index from logstash (%{[project][name]}-%{[project][service]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}), and I want to keep only last 10 days logs.  
How can I delete automatically older data?

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-by-date-elasticsearch-8-7/330750/2 "2023-04-25T15:15:14Z")

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Hi @Suren_Baboyan,

Welcome to the community! You can use ILM to delete older indices. Here are some resources to help you get started:

- [Discuss topic: how to delete the indices older than 30 days](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-the-indices-older-than-30-days/242182)
- [ILM: Manage the Index Lifecycle](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html)
- [Tutorial: Automate rollover with ILM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-index-lifecycle-management.html)
- [Configure a lifecycle policy](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/set-up-lifecycle-policy.html)
- [ILM with Logstash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybbk44mkOE0)

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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:** [April 25, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-by-date-elasticsearch-8-7/330750/3 "2023-04-25T22:46:49Z")

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Also do add to this, if you are using Logstash then you should let it use ILM and not use time based indices like you have 🙂

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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:** [May 23, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-by-date-elasticsearch-8-7/330750/4 "2023-05-23T22:47:34Z")

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