# Delete UNASSIGNED replica shards in elasticsearch 6.8.23

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unassigned-replica-shards-in-elasticsearch-6-8-23/325000>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unassigned-replica-shards-in-elasticsearch-6-8-23/325000 "2023-02-08T10:27:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohammed\_faisal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mohammed_faisal/32/116943_2.png) [@mohammed\_faisal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohammed_faisal)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unassigned-replica-shards-in-elasticsearch-6-8-23/325000/1 "2023-02-08T10:27:03Z")

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How do i remove the UNASSIGNED replica shard from the index

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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:** [February 14, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unassigned-replica-shards-in-elasticsearch-6-8-23/325000/2 "2023-02-14T05:19:42Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

`curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -XPUT localhost:9200/*/_settings -d '{ "index" : { "number_of_replicas" : 0 } }` will do it.

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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 14, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unassigned-replica-shards-in-elasticsearch-6-8-23/325000/3 "2023-03-14T05:20:03Z")

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