# Delete Older csv reports from Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-csv-reports-from-kibana/343219>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-csv-reports-from-kibana/343219 "2023-09-18T05:59:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnashish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@johnashish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnashish)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-csv-reports-from-kibana/343219/1 "2023-09-18T05:59:57Z")

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I want to delete older csv files automatically from reporting section from Kibana.

Kibana - 7.17.3

 ![report](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/0/300545fa327accb4f1d4464b7309ee07f6b503f3.png)  
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The problem is now we have so many older reports if i run any automated script or any query will it cause any issues at kibana ?

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-csv-reports-from-kibana/343219/2 "2023-09-18T12:53:17Z")

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Hi Ashish. As I understand it, the reports are [stored in a `.reporting-*` index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.17/reporting-settings-kb.html#report-indices) by default and are (by default) [rolled over into new indices on a weekly basis](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.17/reporting-settings-kb.html#reporting-job-queue-settings).

Based on [this discussion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-old-reporting-index/273684) I believe you could delete unwanted `.reporting-*` indices which should remove older reports. Or you can create an [Index Lifecycle Management policy](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html) that automatically deletes older indices.

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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 16, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-csv-reports-from-kibana/343219/3 "2023-10-16T12:53:18Z")

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