# Disk used space is higher than the indices used space **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 6, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025 "2020-07-06T14:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oxygen\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/59ef9b/32.png) [@Oxygen\_13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oxygen_13)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/1 "2020-07-06T14:56:14Z")
My elk server is having 1000 GB space. When I check the available space showing 96% utilized. however indices used only 160 GB. Could you please help me how can I clear/delete used space, so that I will have more space. Note: Currently I am deleting indices to increase size(approx 15 to 20 GB). But there no much different if I delete indices. Below is the result from GET /\_cat/allocation?v shards disk.indices disk.used disk.avail disk.total d isk.percent host node ``` 52 160gb 960.6gb 39.3gb 999.9gb 96 127.0.0.1 node-1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![defalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/defalt/32/71379_2.png) [@defalt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/defalt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/2 "2020-07-06T15:19:02Z")
What else is on your server? I would guess a lot of programms or other data. ---
**Author:** ![Oxygen\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/59ef9b/32.png) [@Oxygen\_13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oxygen_13)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/3 "2020-07-06T15:27:50Z")
this server is specific to elk. I dont have any other data/programs. ---
**Author:** ![defalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/defalt/32/71379_2.png) [@defalt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/defalt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/4 "2020-07-06T15:32:58Z")
What does your OS show? Does it show that the disk is free? ---
**Author:** ![Oxygen\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/59ef9b/32.png) [@Oxygen\_13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oxygen_13)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/5 "2020-07-06T15:44:35Z")
when I do df -h showing 96% utilized for elk . ---
**Author:** ![Oxygen\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/59ef9b/32.png) [@Oxygen\_13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oxygen_13)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/6 "2020-07-06T18:34:51Z")
After rebooting server , available space is 70% now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-used-space-is-higher-than-the-indices-used-space/240025/7 "2020-08-03T18:34:54Z")
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