# Elasticsearch reindex is not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 15, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-reindex-is-not-working/89589 "2017-06-15T16:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![lwintergerst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lwintergerst/32/18164_2.png) [@lwintergerst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lwintergerst)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-reindex-is-not-working/89589/12 "2017-06-16T18:05:52Z")
Could you also post the exact command that you are using for the reindex? Feel free to black out the index name Which version of Elasticsearch are you running? There have been a few bugs in the past If you need a quick fix I would consider to expunge the deleted documents using the force merge API [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-forcemerge.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-forcemerge.html) POST /twitter/\_forcemerge?only\_expunge\_deletes=true --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-reindex-is-not-working/89589)._