# Delete processed log entries

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-processed-log-entries/75960>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-processed-log-entries/75960 "2017-02-21T21:56:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![f-w](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@f-w](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/f-w)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-processed-log-entries/75960/1 "2017-02-21T21:56:54Z")

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Hi,  
Does filebeat support deleting processed log entries to make a regular log file behave like a named pipe in order to avoid filling up disk? If not, seems to be a good candidate for enhancement.

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-processed-log-entries/75960/2 "2017-02-24T09:51:58Z")

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Filebeat does not support this. See [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/714](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/714) for alternative solutions.

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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, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-processed-log-entries/75960/3 "2017-03-24T09:52:06Z")

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