# Elasticsearch is not running because search template
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-because-search-template/88425
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 6, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-because-search-template/88425 "2017-06-06T13:10:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@klara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/klara)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-because-search-template/88425/1 "2017-06-06T13:10:22Z")
i found this issue [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/24251](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/24251)
they tell me i must to upgrade 5.3.1 to 5.3.2 to store my search templates, but i don't need them in my test cluster . can i delete them manually from index? without running elastic?)) i'm very lazy....
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### Author:  [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-because-search-template/88425/2 "2017-06-09T12:59:12Z")
You can't delete templates without running Elasticsearch
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-because-search-template/88425/3 "2017-07-07T12:59:17Z")
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