# Duplicate Index creation **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [December 19, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-index-creation/69478 "2016-12-19T17:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sayalee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sayalee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sayalee)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-index-creation/69478/1 "2016-12-19T17:17:40Z")
I have created a particular index in KIBANA, but when I am creating it again with the same name it is getting generated again although its getting overwritten. Is their any change in the settings which needs to be done to prevent creating already present index. Any help would be appreciated..Thankyou ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-index-creation/69478/2 "2016-12-19T22:23:10Z")
You should get a warning if the index pattern you're trying to create already exists: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/b/bb2b5877daa0bf297553ac59c89fd88546c5f9e7.png) But I'm not sure if I understand the problem you're having. Can you explain a little more? ---
**Author:** ![sayalee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sayalee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sayalee)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-index-creation/69478/4 "2016-12-20T06:19:52Z")
That thing has been resolved now, thanx for the help:slight\_smile: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-index-creation/69478/5 "2017-01-17T06:20:15Z")
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