Deleting index in kibana

[Vikash_Singh1 (Vikash Singh)]

I was trying to delete the index in kibana..but wasn't able to delete the index getting error messages. I tried restarting the kibana still nothing happened

[Sweta_Singh]

Please share what error u getting in kibana.

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-delete-index.html

[Vikash_Singh1 (Vikash Singh)]

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blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];: [cluster_block_exception] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];

Version: 6.6.1
Build: 19513
Error: Forbidden
    at http://10.11.109.7:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:503611
    at step (http://10.11.109.7:5601/dlls/vendors.bundle.dll.js:524:4015)
    at Object.next (http://10.11.109.7:5601/dlls/vendors.bundle.dll.js:524:3275)
    at fulfilled (http://10.11.109.7:5601/dlls/vendors.bundle.dll.js:524:2669)

[rashmi (kulkarni)]

@Vikash_Singh1

blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];: [cluster_block_exception]

i think the problem is low storage. Just check your storage first. when it's low, kibana auto changes its config to read-only mode. To deal with it, go to your dev tools console and
run below command:

 PUT .kibana/_settings
 {
 "index": {
 "blocks": {
 "read_only_allow_delete": "false"
 }
 }
 }