# Elastic indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923 "2018-06-29T09:15:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zen.xen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e495f1/32.png) [@zen.xen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zen.xen)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923/1 "2018-06-29T09:15:37Z")

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Hello,  
I have installed ELK 6.3 on Windows 2012. How can I manage them, meaning how to display and delete?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923/2 "2018-06-29T21:06:50Z")

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I'm not sure to understand your question.

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**Author:** ![zen.xen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e495f1/32.png) [@zen.xen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zen.xen)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923/3 "2018-07-02T07:27:18Z")

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Sorry for delay, maybe my question was a little bit short.  
I checked indices in ..\Elasticsearch\data\nodes\0\indices, they look like this sHVQlPgCTIeq1i04\_-fKLQ, how can I know what the day is it? How can I manage them, what tool use to show/delete them?

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**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:** [July 2, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923/4 "2018-07-02T07:28:52Z")

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You should never modify or delete anything directly from the file system. Instead use [the indices APIs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.3/indices.html).

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**Author:** ![zen.xen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e495f1/32.png) [@zen.xen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zen.xen)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923/5 "2018-07-02T07:51:22Z")

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thank you for help, I found what I wanted, Get/Delete Index.

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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:** [July 30, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-indices/137923/6 "2018-07-30T07:51:25Z")

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