# Delete Large Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818 "2020-05-21T21:44:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oleksandr.Tedikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@Oleksandr.Tedikov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oleksandr.Tedikov)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818/1 "2020-05-21T21:44:33Z")

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Hello,

I have Elastic Cluster with Ram, Disk Size 500GB, 3 Master Nodes and 3 Data/Ingest Nodes(1 VCPU, 4GB)

Currently I have Large Index which is ~275 GB in 1 Shard. I would like to delete it.  
Should I just delete it via Delete Index Api like DELETE /indexname?

Thank you, Sasha

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818/2 "2020-05-21T22:00:33Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![Oleksandr.Tedikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@Oleksandr.Tedikov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oleksandr.Tedikov)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818/3 "2020-05-22T05:55:30Z")

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I want also to add some clarifications. Along with Large Index named LargeIndexName I have for a month 30 Indices named LargeIndexName-yyyy-mm-dd (~4 GB per day). Application reads from both LargeIndexName and LargeIndexName-yyyy-mm-dd and writes only to the latest one today LargeIndexName-yyyy-mm-dd.  
I need just to delete LargeIndexName (275 GB), so is the approach still the same to use Delete Index Api like DELETE /LargeIndexName? Because Index is very large, will I have some issues with space, memory or other allocations/deallocations?

Thank you,  
Sasha

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818/4 "2020-05-22T06:09:17Z")

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> [@Oleksandr.Tedikov](#):
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> so is the approach still the same to use Delete Index Api like DELETE /LargeIndexName?

Yes.

> [@Oleksandr.Tedikov](#):
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> Because Index is very large, will I have some issues with space, memory or other allocations/deallocations?

No.

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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:** [June 19, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-large-index/233818/5 "2020-06-19T06:09:20Z")

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