# Filebeat locking the file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-locking-the-file/87514>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-locking-the-file/87514 "2017-05-30T07:34:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-locking-the-file/87514/2 "2017-05-30T08:56:38Z")

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I think this was solved in: [Filebeat holding deleted files which consumes disk space](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-holding-deleted-files-which-consumes-disk-space/87415/6)

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