# Elastic snapshot repository - hidden .snapshot/ directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-snapshot-repository-hidden-snapshot-directory/268306>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-snapshot-repository-hidden-snapshot-directory/268306 "2021-03-25T09:02:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JimJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JimJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimJ)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-snapshot-repository-hidden-snapshot-directory/268306/1 "2021-03-25T09:02:35Z")

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Hi,

I recently set up a snapshot repository.  
After a couple of hesitations and tests, I adopted a final setting.  
And ran the first snaphots after defining my policy.

Now, I am facing a disk space issue.

I noticed a hidden directory in the root directory of my NFS share named .snaphot/  
and containing multiple subdirs REPL-MTREE-AUTO-.  
Is it a kind of replica ? I searched the discussion forum but found nothing related to this.

Can I delete these subdirs ?

JM

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-snapshot-repository-hidden-snapshot-directory/268306/2 "2021-03-25T09:05:56Z")

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That doesn't sound like anything to do with Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![JimJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JimJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimJ)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-snapshot-repository-hidden-snapshot-directory/268306/3 "2021-03-25T09:09:46Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for your quick answer.  
I'll check with my Storage admins.

JM

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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:** [April 22, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-snapshot-repository-hidden-snapshot-directory/268306/4 "2021-04-22T09:09:57Z")

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