# Ds-ilm-history index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ds-ilm-history-index/334716>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ds-ilm-history-index/334716 "2023-05-30T18:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vadym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8baadc/32.png) [@Vadym](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vadym)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ds-ilm-history-index/334716/1 "2023-05-30T18:58:37Z")

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Hi guys,

We have ds-ilm-history index, likely created by ES ilm automatically at some point.

We don't use ILM, is it safe to delete this index and disable ILM using API or it can trigger anything which we need to be aware about?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ds-ilm-history-index/334716/2 "2023-06-01T03:27:32Z")

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You can delete the index and [stop](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.8/ilm-stop.html) ILM. I am not 100% sure you can disable it via a config option though sorry.

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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:** [June 29, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ds-ilm-history-index/334716/3 "2023-06-29T03:28:16Z")

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