# Deleting files after file beat processes them
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-files-after-file-beat-processes-them/225796
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-files-after-file-beat-processes-them/225796 "2020-03-31T06:27:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Youssef\_SBAI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Youssef_SBAI)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-files-after-file-beat-processes-them/225796/1 "2020-03-31T06:27:41Z")
Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way of deleting log files once filebeat has finished processing.
We have files sent to an input folder, file beat then processes them. I would like to clear them down once it is done (as we no longer need the files anymore). Reading through posts, filebeat doesn't provide anything out of box (would be a nice enhancement 🙂 ).
How does everyone deal with this? Is it just a case of dumping the files to the input directory and then wait 24hours before removing?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-files-after-file-beat-processes-them/225796/2 "2020-04-28T08:27:46Z")
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