# Elasticsearch node deletion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-deletion/187876>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-deletion/187876 "2019-06-27T15:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Callonski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Callonski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Callonski)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-deletion/187876/1 "2019-06-27T15:36:54Z")

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I have a cluster with 6 nodes, and I want to remove 1 node. My replica setting is 1.  
If I delete the node, no data will be lost right?  
The remaining nodes will distribute the data between them?  
Will they create new primary shards?

I just want to double check so I'm not doing anything I will regret 🙂

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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 27, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-deletion/187876/2 "2019-06-27T16:13:50Z")

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That's correct unless you have limited disk space or specific include/exclude rules

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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 25, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-node-deletion/187876/3 "2019-07-25T16:14:14Z")

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