# How gracefully clear DLQ? Is it possible?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-gracefully-clear-dlq-is-it-possible/240137>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-gracefully-clear-dlq-is-it-possible/240137 "2020-07-07T09:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorinand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dorinand/32/70521_2.png) [@dorinand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorinand)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-gracefully-clear-dlq-is-it-possible/240137/1 "2020-07-07T09:54:00Z")

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I configured DLQ on my logstash, the problem is, DLQ is getting full very often. I know, there is issue about DLQ [HERE](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/8795) . I can delete data from DLQ after it is processed, but then I have to restart logstash - pretty useless. Is there a better way how to reach it? Otherwise, without DLQ, I will have full logs about 404 or 400 errors. What is the best way to configure and use DLQ?

I am using logstash 7.7 in docker.

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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:** [August 4, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-gracefully-clear-dlq-is-it-possible/240137/2 "2020-08-04T09:54:01Z")

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