# Downgrade from 6.8 to 5.6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 5, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-from-6-8-to-5-6/193808 "2019-08-05T13:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomsk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomsk/32/22061_2.png) [@tomsk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomsk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-from-6-8-to-5-6/193808/1 "2019-08-05T13:35:54Z")
Hello, Elastic 6.8 works great, but because of 3rd party software we have to downgrade to version 5.6, so l wonder how can l downgrade to 5.6 version. Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-from-6-8-to-5-6/193808/2 "2019-08-05T13:44:38Z")
You will need to reindex your data into the 5.6 cluster as you can not downgrade Elasticsearch in place. ---
**Author:** ![tomsk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomsk/32/22061_2.png) [@tomsk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomsk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-from-6-8-to-5-6/193808/3 "2019-08-05T14:07:47Z")
So purge, install and reindex? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-from-6-8-to-5-6/193808/4 "2019-09-02T14:08:02Z")
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