# How to disable the autocreation .monitoring index in Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 5, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036 "2019-01-05T08:17:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![karthick\_tgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthick\_tgi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthick_tgi)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/1 "2019-01-05T08:17:25Z")

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When we start the ES and kibana its automatically created dot(.) monitoring index in elasticsearch so its very frustrated for me . Is there any options to disable or enable when we need that.

Elastic version - 6.3.2  
Kibana version - 6.3.2

![es](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/9/f97c653706a6ad57a6752ac99b7b00d39c2d238f.png)

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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 5, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/2 "2019-01-05T08:59:40Z")

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RDid you enable monitoring?

I think that in the latest version it's not created anymore unless you enable monitoring.

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**Author:** ![karthick\_tgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthick\_tgi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthick_tgi)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/3 "2019-01-07T05:06:44Z")

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Thanks for your reply dadoonet.

But i like to stop this dot monitoring file in Elastic version-5.5.2 and kibana 5.5.2  
Because this xpack monitoring is only in 6x version but in 5x version is also created dot monitoring file .

Is there any options to disable or enable when we need that in 5x version.

I tried 5x verion

GET /\_cluster/settings

response i got  
{  
"persistent: {}.  
"transient: {}  
}

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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 7, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/4 "2019-01-07T06:06:37Z")

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xpack monitoring is also available in 5.x. What do you mean ?

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**Author:** ![karthick\_tgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@karthick\_tgi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthick_tgi)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/5 "2019-01-07T06:19:48Z")

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How to disable dot monitoring in 5.x version .

I tried 5.x version

GET /\_cluster/settings

response i got  
{  
"persistent" : {},  
"transient" : {}  
}

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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 7, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/6 "2019-01-07T07:32:37Z")

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> How to disable dot monitoring in 5.x version .

Have a look at [X-Pack Settings | X-Pack for the Elastic Stack [5.6] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.6/xpack-settings.html)

But you mentioned at the begining that you are using 6.3 so I'm confused.

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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:** [February 4, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-autocreation-monitoring-index-in-elasticsearch/163036/7 "2019-02-04T07:32:41Z")

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