# Deleted the winlog index by mistake

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-the-winlog-index-by-mistake/286565>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-the-winlog-index-by-mistake/286565 "2021-10-13T03:43:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Marcelle\_Lic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcelle_lic/32/78690_2.png) [@Marcelle\_Lic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcelle_Lic)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-the-winlog-index-by-mistake/286565/1 "2021-10-13T03:43:14Z")

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I deleted my winlogbeat index by mistake and I have been trying hard to reindex the events but no luck for the last few weeks, either I get Root-error or code 404 or Invalid index name, an alias exists with the same name ",

not sure what to do to re-index all the data back, any idea what to do ?

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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:** [October 13, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-the-winlog-index-by-mistake/286565/2 "2021-10-13T03:49:57Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Can you share the errors?

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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:** [November 10, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleted-the-winlog-index-by-mistake/286565/3 "2021-11-10T03:50:14Z")

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