# Delete older indices in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-indices-in-elasticsearch/220776>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-indices-in-elasticsearch/220776 "2020-02-25T06:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vipin\_Gaur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vipin_gaur/32/46948_2.png) [@Vipin\_Gaur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vipin_Gaur)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-indices-in-elasticsearch/220776/1 "2020-02-25T06:27:12Z")

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I have the many of my logs indexed in logstash-Year-Week format. That is if i want to delete indices older than one month, how can I achieve that in elasticsearch using XDELETE

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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:** [March 24, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-older-indices-in-elasticsearch/220776/2 "2020-03-24T06:27:15Z")

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