# Deleting oldest data weekly

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708 "2018-08-16T11:43:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![saisimo02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saisimo02](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saisimo02)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708/1 "2018-08-16T11:43:27Z")

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Hello,  
I am using ELK to create dashboards but I would like to delete frequently data, in fact every minute I get 100 new data and I would like to delete every week the oldest data. Any suggestions please.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Jymit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jymit/32/45777_2.png) [@Jymit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jymit)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708/2 "2018-08-16T12:08:36Z")

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Curator!

See here: [http://www.madhur.co.in/blog/2017/04/09/usingcuratordeleteelasticindex.html](http://www.madhur.co.in/blog/2017/04/09/usingcuratordeleteelasticindex.html)  
and  
here: [Delete Indices older than 30 days](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-older-than-30-days/96630/3)

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**Author:** ![saisimo02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saisimo02](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saisimo02)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708/3 "2018-08-16T12:36:30Z")

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I have another question, Can I run the curator in the event that the disk space is coming to an end?

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708/4 "2018-08-16T12:58:46Z")

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Kind of. See the [`space` filter](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.5/filtertype_space.html). It won’t detect when you are running out of space, but it does allow you to delete indices beyond a certain amount of space consumed.

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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:** [September 13, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-oldest-data-weekly/144708/5 "2018-09-13T12:58:49Z")

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