# Deleting daily indices
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514 "2018-12-31T12:21:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514/1 "2018-12-31T12:21:59Z")
I am having daily indices. I want to delete past indices beyond the last seven days. I read about [date maths in index names](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/date-math-index-names.html) but I dont find a direct way of doing that in a single query.
My current strategy is as follows:
1. get all indices using \_cat/indices API
2. figure out old indices
3. call DELETE iteratively on those indices
Please let me know if there is a better way to do it.
I also looked at [Curator](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.5/about.html) but it is no more supported. Are those functionalities incorporated in some other tool?
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514/2 "2018-12-31T12:37:59Z")
I think [Index Lifecycle Management](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/index-lifecycle-management.html) is the feature for you. It is not yet released, but is expected to appear in the next minor release (6.6).
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### Author:  [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514/3 "2018-12-31T12:47:12Z")
Great. I was thinking if it is not there I can add a feature request for it.
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514/4 "2018-12-31T16:41:06Z")
Who told you that Curator was no longer supported? It works quite well for every minor release of Elasticsearch 5.x and 6.x
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### Author:  [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514/5 "2018-12-31T17:08:15Z")
Ah, my bad. Just checked the [supported versions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.5/version-compatibility.html) and it says Curator version 5.x will work with ES 6.x. Thank you for clarifying.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-daily-indices/162514/6 "2019-01-28T17:08:21Z")
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