# Elastic search - Disk space utilization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-disk-space-utilization/182676>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-disk-space-utilization/182676 "2019-05-24T14:30:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lok)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-disk-space-utilization/182676/1 "2019-05-24T14:30:52Z")

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Hi All  
I am new to this elastic search, i have set up 1 node and below is the parent folder where the indices are getting stored.  
/apps/jboss/elasticsearch/data  
The query is , this filesystem is getting filled up very fast when ever there is a search in the elastic search.  
When i try deleting the folders inside the indices , the index pattern i created gets gone from the console. Please help me to housekeep this filesystem without affecting the indexpattern.

Thanks  
Lok

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-disk-space-utilization/182676/2 "2019-05-24T16:28:33Z")

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Hi @Lok,

> [@Lok](#):
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> this filesystem is getting filled up very fast when ever there is a search in the Elasticsearch.

Elasticsearch doesn't write anything to disk when you are searching. There must be something indexing documents into it.

> [@Lok](#):
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> When i try deleting the folders inside the indices

This sounds like a very bad idea. Don't do anything yourself to the contents of a data folder. If you do, it may corrupt all your data. If you want to delete an index, use the [delete index API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-delete-index.html).

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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 21, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-disk-space-utilization/182676/3 "2019-06-21T16:28:34Z")

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