# Filebeat config for files that are never updated with new logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-config-for-files-that-are-never-updated-with-new-logs/69197>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-config-for-files-that-are-never-updated-with-new-logs/69197 "2016-12-15T16:52:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-config-for-files-that-are-never-updated-with-new-logs/69197/8 "2016-12-19T16:19:37Z")

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Troy your response is very helpful and confirms my understanding.  
First, the plan is to remove the files, but only after they have been removed from the registry.

My last post is my current problem...the files _aren't_ being removed from the registry, even though the "three minutes" has passed. Your post confirmed that they should be.

I'm not even sure I want\need the `ignore_older` setting, but I can't comment it out since `clean_inactive` needs it and will Filebeat will complain if it's missing. If I extend it, it will conflict with `clean_inactive` which is supposed to be longer than `ignore_older + scan_frequency`.

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