# Delete old index- curator is not an option **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 26, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-index-curator-is-not-an-option/158149 "2018-11-26T10:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Parvatayya\_Malimath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/parvatayya_malimath/32/49330_2.png) [@Parvatayya\_Malimath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parvatayya_Malimath)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-index-curator-is-not-an-option/158149/1 "2018-11-26T10:05:29Z")
Hi, I want to delete old index in elastic search on regular basis, and curator is not an option cause. we dont have root permissions on our VMs. no internet connection from the VMs. so is there a quick way, i can create a cron job to delete the indices (logstash-2018.xx.xx). regards Parvat ---
**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:** [November 26, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-index-curator-is-not-an-option/158149/2 "2018-11-26T12:09:24Z")
You can call curl manually every day for example. Like: ```auto curl -XDELETE http://yourserver:9200/logstash-2018.xx.xx ``` Of course you have to compute that manually yourself. More and more features will be coming in [Index management](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-indices.html) but this one is not available yet I believe. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-old-index-curator-is-not-an-option/158149/3 "2018-12-24T12:09:31Z")
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