# How to delete 90days old data indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 7, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053 "2017-08-07T07:14:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Jonesthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/1 "2017-08-07T07:14:38Z")

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ELK is running in Ubuntu 16.04 machine,How to delete 90days old data in elasticsearch automatically .  
and My ELK version (5.5.0)

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/2 "2017-08-07T07:37:26Z")

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Have a look at curator project.

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**Author:** ![Jonesthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/3 "2017-08-07T07:39:01Z")

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curator works with ubuntu ??  
and do we have to install cutator?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/4 "2017-08-07T08:02:13Z")

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Yes. Read: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.1/installation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.1/installation.html)

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**Author:** ![Jonesthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/5 "2017-08-07T08:12:20Z")

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for clarification:For Ubuntu what repo should i use?

- pip, the easiest way to use and upgrade.
- APT Repository, installs a single, binary package!
- YUM Repository, installs a single, binary package!
- Windows Zip Package
- Windows MSI Installer
- Source Code

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/6 "2017-08-07T08:34:06Z")

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I think this one is ok:

> APT Repository, installs a single, binary package!

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**Author:** ![Jonesthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/7 "2017-08-07T08:34:46Z")

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Thank you @dadoonet ,Will try 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:** [September 4, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-90days-old-data-indices/96053/8 "2017-09-04T08:34:51Z")

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