# How to delete specific filebeat indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-specific-filebeat-indices/176446>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-specific-filebeat-indices/176446 "2019-04-11T15:53:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel.gutierrez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@daniel.gutierrez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daniel.gutierrez)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-specific-filebeat-indices/176446/1 "2019-04-11T15:53:59Z")

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Hello everyone  
I want to delete specific indices on filebeat  
I have 2 questions

1. What is the command to delete specific indices
2. How can i see my indices  
thanks

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**Author:** ![dedemorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dedemorton/32/84409_2.png) [@dedemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dedemorton)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-specific-filebeat-indices/176446/2 "2019-04-11T18:55:16Z")

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To list all indices, go to the Dev Tools console in Kibana and run:

```auto
GET /_cat/indices

```

To delete an index, use the DELETE INDEX API. For example:

```auto
DELETE filebeat-7.0.0-2019.04.02

```

Related docs:

- [List All Indices](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/getting-started-list-indices.html)
- [DELETE Index API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-delete-index.html)

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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:** [May 9, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-specific-filebeat-indices/176446/3 "2019-05-09T18:55:26Z")

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