# Elasticseach backup Sanpshot retension policy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-backup-sanpshot-retension-policy/226158>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-backup-sanpshot-retension-policy/226158 "2020-04-02T06:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![harish\_KR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harish_kr/32/65544_2.png) [@harish\_KR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harish_KR)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-backup-sanpshot-retension-policy/226158/1 "2020-04-02T06:27:37Z")

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Hi  
How can we set a grooming policy for elastic backup snapshots?  
We are storing backup snapshots on Azure Blob, but its size keeps growing.  
Do let us know way to handle the grooming of snapshots based on dates.

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**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-backup-sanpshot-retension-policy/226158/2 "2020-04-02T14:17:07Z")

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You can set time-based indices, for example, one index per day. And snapshot old indices based on dates.

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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 30, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-backup-sanpshot-retension-policy/226158/3 "2020-04-30T14:17:10Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 2:17pm UTC

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