# Delete raw text files once file beat forwarded to ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-raw-text-files-once-file-beat-forwarded-to-elk/244332>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 10, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-raw-text-files-once-file-beat-forwarded-to-elk/244332 "2020-08-10T03:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-raw-text-files-once-file-beat-forwarded-to-elk/244332/2 "2020-08-10T04:17:09Z")

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You've already asked this here - [Source raw files purging after shipping to ELK](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/source-raw-files-purging-after-shipping-to-elk/243597) - so I will close this. Please don't create multiple topics on the same question.

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