# Filebeat breaks with error data path already locked by another beat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-breaks-with-error-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251807>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 12, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-breaks-with-error-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251807 "2020-10-12T19:50:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool2016](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_cool2016/32/77056_2.png) [@Joe\_Cool2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Cool2016)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-breaks-with-error-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251807/1 "2020-10-12T19:50:36Z")

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How do I get around this error "data path already locked by another beat"?

Can you give a yml file example for windows?

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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:** [November 9, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-breaks-with-error-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251807/2 "2020-11-09T21:50:37Z")

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