# How to disable automatic creating monitoring file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-automatic-creating-monitoring-file/163180>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-automatic-creating-monitoring-file/163180 "2019-01-07T09:49:44Z")\
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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:** [January 8, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-automatic-creating-monitoring-file/163180/6 "2019-01-08T06:18:37Z")

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See [How to disable the autocreation .monitoring index in Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/6?u=dadoonet)

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