# FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)\]

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api/110282
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 5, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api/110282 "2017-12-05T08:27:22Z")
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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-api/110282/9 "2020-09-02T23:24:17Z")

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For anyone visiting this topic, please see [Why am I seeing a "FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete" response against my index?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-seeing-a-forbidden-12-index-read-only-allow-delete-response-against-my-index/244344).

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