# Delete .reporting index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-reporting-index/265417>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-reporting\
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-reporting-index/265417 "2021-02-24T22:34:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tiephen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@Tiephen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tiephen)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-reporting-index/265417/1 "2021-02-24T22:34:31Z")

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Hello,

I use watcher to generate lots of pdf report. I have automatically many .reporting index each 3 days so too many index in my elastic cluster.  
I would like try to delete automatically index after some time.  
Is there any possibility in kibana? I try to avoid script that get all index to manage them...  
I didn't find any solution.

I'm using elastic v 7.7.1 but I can upgrade if necessary.

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-reporting-index/265417/2 "2021-02-26T02:53:23Z")

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You need to set [ILM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html)  
Can do it with API or via UI.  
Cheers!

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**Author:** ![Tiephen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@Tiephen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tiephen)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-reporting-index/265417/3 "2021-02-26T08:37:48Z")

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Hello,

The problem is that .reporting index does not have index template.  
I can't add ILM to these index.

EDIT : I think i found solution here : [Reporting settings in Kibana | Kibana Guide [7.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html#reporting-kibana-server-settings)  
Finally, my problem is not to configure good elasticindex but configure kibana reporting.

Thanks

Thanks

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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 26, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-reporting-index/265417/4 "2021-03-26T08:38:44Z")

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