# How to automatically shut down filebeat after shipping is done

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-shut-down-filebeat-after-shipping-is-done/207958>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 14, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-shut-down-filebeat-after-shipping-is-done/207958 "2019-11-14T20:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![krishna\_bhargav](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krishna_bhargav/32/50877_2.png) [@krishna\_bhargav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishna_bhargav)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-shut-down-filebeat-after-shipping-is-done/207958/1 "2019-11-14T20:33:31Z")

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We start filebeats daily when the data load is extracted and we would like to shutdown the filebeats once the data is shipped completly or when the filehandlers are closed once shipping completes. Is there a property /setting available for this ?

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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:** [December 12, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-shut-down-filebeat-after-shipping-is-done/207958/2 "2019-12-12T20:33:32Z")

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