# How do i know how much data is stored in my Elastic search?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-know-how-much-data-is-stored-in-my-elastic-search/324279
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-know-how-much-data-is-stored-in-my-elastic-search/324279 "2023-01-30T23:28:44Z")
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### Author: ![Dishatkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Dishatkr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dishatkr)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-know-how-much-data-is-stored-in-my-elastic-search/324279/1 "2023-01-30T23:28:44Z")

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I want to know how much data is stored in my Elastic search, I m exploring the cluster-stats API.

> **[Cluster stats API | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.9\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.9/cluster-stats.html)**

Does "store" -\> size\_in\_bytes , show the size of data stored ?

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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: [January 30, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-know-how-much-data-is-stored-in-my-elastic-search/324279/2 "2023-01-30T23:56:17Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Yes, it does.

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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: [February 27, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-know-how-much-data-is-stored-in-my-elastic-search/324279/3 "2023-02-27T23:56:39Z")

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