# DeleteIndex doesn't delete the index folder from disk

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteindex-doesnt-delete-the-index-folder-from-disk/55288>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteindex-doesnt-delete-the-index-folder-from-disk/55288 "2016-07-12T11:10:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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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:** [July 13, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteindex-doesnt-delete-the-index-folder-from-disk/55288/21 "2016-07-13T08:51:17Z")

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I'd love to get your feedback if such a problem is still happening in 5.0.  
Do you think you could try to reproduce it in 5.0.0-alpha4?

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**Author:** ![SwethaS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@SwethaS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SwethaS)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteindex-doesnt-delete-the-index-folder-from-disk/55288/22 "2016-07-14T06:01:34Z")

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sure will try it sometime tommorow and let you know

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteindex-doesnt-delete-the-index-folder-from-disk/55288/23 "2017-07-05T22:35:52Z")

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