# Elasticsearch shards not able to set 1
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979 "2017-11-09T07:04:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Shekhar\_Pandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shekhar_Pandey)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/1 "2017-11-09T07:04:54Z")
I try to change the shards by default from 5 to 1 using settings options like this..
{
"index":{
"number\_of\_shards": 1,
"number\_of\_replicas": 0
},
"settings": {
"analysis": {
"filter": {
"nG.....
its' showing acknowledgement true...but when I checked on using curl...it again showing shards 5 and replica 1. Why it not change....
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/2 "2017-11-09T07:31:30Z")
You cannot change the shard count once the index is created.
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### Author:  [@Shekhar\_Pandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shekhar_Pandey)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/3 "2017-11-09T08:03:02Z")
Hi warkolm..
But I am changing shards index time..not after...creation...
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/4 "2017-11-09T08:16:24Z")
When are you sending this to Elasticsearch, how are you sending it?
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### Author:  [@Shekhar\_Pandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shekhar_Pandey)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/5 "2017-11-09T08:45:31Z")
Sir, I am sending it to using curl...while doing settings and mapping....itself....when I am sending it through kibana..it saying acknowledgement true.....but when checking through settings options...shards again 5....
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/6 "2017-11-10T09:27:31Z")
please provide a **full** reproduction of **all** your steps. All the curl calls you did. Otherwise it is impossible yo help you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shards-not-able-to-set-1/106979/7 "2017-12-08T09:28:02Z")
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