# How do I delete the registry on a Windows Service? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [October 24, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-delete-the-registry-on-a-windows-service/205120 "2019-10-24T16:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mhare/32/52213_2.png) [@mhare](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhare)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-delete-the-registry-on-a-windows-service/205120/1 "2019-10-24T16:54:20Z")
While developing my Filebeat fed pipelines, I find a need to delete the Filebeat registry from time to time to force a re-read of all the data. When I was running Filebeat from the command line it was easy, there is a 'data' directory that contains the registry and I can just remove that, forcing a re-read by Filebeat I do not see a 'data' directory in my install that runs as a Windows service. Where is the registry when running as a Windows service? Thanks - mike ---
**Author:** ![mhare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mhare/32/52213_2.png) [@mhare](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhare)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-delete-the-registry-on-a-windows-service/205120/2 "2019-10-24T17:09:37Z")
Never mind, found it. C:\ProgramData\filebeat\registry ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-delete-the-registry-on-a-windows-service/205120/3 "2019-11-21T17:09:40Z")
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