# Error: Cannot delete files/folders outside the current working directory **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 15, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-delete-files-folders-outside-the-current-working-directory/148702 "2018-09-15T12:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oms1226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@oms1226](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oms1226)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-delete-files-folders-outside-the-current-working-directory/148702/1 "2018-09-15T12:10:17Z")
Kibana and Elasticsearch are installed in each different server. After Elasticsearch is running well. When I run to start kibana, I meet below error message. " error [12:04:39.886] [fatal] Error: Cannot delete files/folders outside the current working directory. Can be overriden with the `force` option." I want to know why didn't run kibana. ---
**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-delete-files-folders-outside-the-current-working-directory/148702/2 "2018-09-19T16:45:27Z")
You might be able to fix this by running `bin/kibana --force`. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-cannot-delete-files-folders-outside-the-current-working-directory/148702/3 "2018-10-17T16:45:29Z")
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