# Deleted document count very high compared to the actual count of documents in the index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-document-count-very-high-compared-to-the-actual-count-of-documents-in-the-index/224648>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-document-count-very-high-compared-to-the-actual-count-of-documents-in-the-index/224648 "2020-03-23T10:24:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-document-count-very-high-compared-to-the-actual-count-of-documents-in-the-index/224648/10 "2020-04-08T07:23:05Z")

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Please do not ping people who are not yet involved in your question.

Read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and specifically the "Also be patient" part.

It's fine to answer on your own thread after 2 or 3 days (not including weekends) if you don't have an answer.

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