# ES 1.7, disable\_delete\_all\_indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 2, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718 "2016-02-02T11:21:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![krish0608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krish0608/32/6797_2.png) [@krish0608](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krish0608)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718/1 "2016-02-02T11:21:47Z")

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hi Guys,

I am trying to disable Delete index in my cluster.I have Put in my config following line:-

action.destructive\_requires\_name: true.

But it is not stoping to delete my index.Please help me Out.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718/2 "2016-02-02T22:19:10Z")

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What command are you calling for the delete?

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**Author:** ![krish0608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krish0608/32/6797_2.png) [@krish0608](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krish0608)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718/3 "2016-02-03T04:09:10Z")

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I check on both commands DELETE /\_all and DELETE /Tweet

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718/4 "2016-02-03T22:14:05Z")

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> [@krish0608](#):
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> DELETE /Tweet

This will work as you have given the name.

> [@krish0608](#):
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> DELETE /\_all

I don't know about this without testing, which I don't have spare cycles to do at the moment sorry ☹

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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 5, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-7-disable-delete-all-indices/40718/5 "2017-07-05T23:19:11Z")

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