# Deleting index in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427 "2019-03-08T05:30:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427/1 "2019-03-08T05:30:30Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![Sweta\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Sweta\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sweta_Singh)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427/2 "2019-03-08T05:54:44Z")

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Please share what error u getting in kibana.

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

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**Author:** ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427/3 "2019-03-08T05:55:38Z")

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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)];

```auto
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)

```

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427/4 "2019-03-08T17:17:16Z")

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> [@Vikash\_Singh1](#):
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> 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:

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

```

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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:** [April 5, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-index-in-kibana/171427/5 "2019-04-05T17:19:46Z")

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