# Filebeat-6.5.1 Registry is Never Cleaned

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-1-registry-is-never-cleaned/160861>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 14, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-1-registry-is-never-cleaned/160861 "2018-12-14T07:47:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-1-registry-is-never-cleaned/160861/2 "2018-12-17T15:45:19Z")

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Hello @396175371, Are you talking about Filebeat's own registry? It should be cleaned periodically and running filebeat with logging in debug mode should display a statement about cleaning states.

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