# Excessive Disk usage - Filebeat
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excessive-disk-usage-filebeat/207325
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 11, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excessive-disk-usage-filebeat/207325 "2019-11-11T10:11:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@irobot678](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irobot678)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excessive-disk-usage-filebeat/207325/1 "2019-11-11T10:11:56Z")
Hi,
i'm using elk stack of version 5.5 without x-pack.
My disk is getting filled even though my file is deleted , filebeat still has the file handler open, the file disappears but still takes up space on my disk.
so i decided use the following properties
" **close\_inactive**" or " **ignore\_older**"
and i'm confused to which one to choose
what i exactly want :
if a file is inactive for 1 day
i want to close that file
if there is new log enters to that file
will filebeat reopen that file ?
so please help me understand which property is suitable for my usecase.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excessive-disk-usage-filebeat/207325/2 "2019-12-09T10:12:04Z")
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